[SKiDL BUG]incompatable with latest KiCad v7 #179
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A workaround to this F0 error is to manually download v6 Schematic symbols here, and set $KICAD_SYMBOL_DIR to location of this v6 Schematic symbols |
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Proposed FIX: Change "F0" to "Reference" I believe the field lookup for KiCAD v7 libraries has changed the field name for the reference designator to "Reference" |
That worked here. skidl latest with kicad-7.0.2, but this does not fix #180 |
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I am trying to check #182, most things seems to be handled there, just not sure. Even when changing "F0" to "Reference" will allow parts to load, there is more error/s in 'getattr'. when debugging 
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Which version of SKiDL are you using? Is it 1.2.1 from PyPi? I would suggest trying the development version: pip install git+https://github.com/devbisme/skidl@developmentThe development version includes some new code for handling KiCad 6 and 7. It's not quite ready for release. For one thing, it needs documentation. You have to use set_default_tool(KICAD7)Send me the code causing the problem and I'll try it out. |
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Hello, I have installed the development version of SKiDL as described above but the KICAD7 name is not defined. |
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My apologies! When I finally got around to checking this, I found I'd failed to push the development branch to Github! I've done that, so give it a try and we can move on to whatever problem comes next... |
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I installed the development version, set |
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This problem occurred because I erroneously referenced KICAD6 in the KICAD7 library parser. I fixed it in the development branch. Give it a try and see if it works for you. |
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Hi @devbisme! I tried the updated version and the error is the same, although it is in the kicad7/lib.py now 😅 |
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KiCad 7 introduced a new pin type: free. I added that to the development branch. Should clear this error. |
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@devbisme that helped, thank you! |
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Great project, trying to give it a shot on my end. import os
os.environ["KICAD7_SYMBOL_DIR"] = "/usr/share/kicad/symbols/"
os.environ["KICAD7_3DMODEL_DIR"] = "/usr/share/kicad/3dmodels/"
os.environ["KICAD7_3RD_PARTY"] = "/home/jubei/.local/share/kicad/7.0/3rdparty/"
os.environ["KICAD7_FOOTPRINT_DIR"] = "/usr/share/kicad/footprints/"
os.environ["KICAD7_TEMPLATE_DIR"] = "/usr/share/kicad/template/"
os.environ["KICAD_USER_TEMPLATE_DIR"] = "/home/jubei/.local/share/kicad/7.0/template/"
from skidl import *
set_default_tool(KICAD7)
# Create part templates.
q = Part("Device", "Q_PNP_CBE", dest=TEMPLATE)
r = Part("Device", "R", dest=TEMPLATE)
# Create nets.
gnd, vcc = Net("GND"), Net("VCC")
a, b, a_and_b = Net("A"), Net("B"), Net("A_AND_B")
# Instantiate parts.
gndt = Part("power", "GND") # Ground terminal.
vcct = Part("power", "VCC") # Power terminal.
q1, q2 = q(2) # Two transistors.
r1, r2, r3, r4, r5 = r(5, value="10K") # Five 10K resistors.
# Make connections between parts.
a & r1 & q1["B C"] & r4 & q2["B C"] & a_and_b & r5 & gnd
b & r2 & q1["B"]
q1["C"] & r3 & gnd
vcc += q1["E"], q2["E"], vcct
gnd += gndt
generate_netlist()Results in errors: I am using the development version. My environment variable for KICAD7_SYMBOL_DIR was never set. However when I open Kicad7, I can go to the symbols and they work fine over there. |
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Tested the current skidl development branch on KiCad v8, same issue with the missing footprints, even though the correct path is in footprint_search_paths['kicad'] (see below). |
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Describe the bug
KiCad released new version "KiCad 7.0.0" on Feb/12/2023, skidl's part method call on KiCad-7.0.0 would result in KeyError: "F0"
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "skidl101.py", line 7, in <module> r1, r2 = 2 * Part("Device", 'R', TEMPLATE, footprint='Resistor_SMD.pretty:R_0805_2012Metric') File "/Users/zhuoli/.pyenv/versions/3.6.15/lib/python3.6/site-packages/skidl/part.py", line 194, in __init__ part = lib[name].copy(dest=TEMPLATE) File "/Users/zhuoli/.pyenv/versions/3.6.15/lib/python3.6/site-packages/skidl/schlib.py", line 192, in get_part_by_name parts.parse(get_name_only) File "/Users/zhuoli/.pyenv/versions/3.6.15/lib/python3.6/site-packages/skidl/part.py", line 373, in parse parse_func(get_name_only) File "/Users/zhuoli/.pyenv/versions/3.6.15/lib/python3.6/site-packages/skidl/tools/kicad/kicad.py", line 297, in parse_lib_part _parse_lib_part_kicad_v6(self, get_name_only) File "/Users/zhuoli/.pyenv/versions/3.6.15/lib/python3.6/site-packages/skidl/tools/kicad/kicad.py", line 817, in _parse_lib_part_kicad_v6 self.ref_prefix = self.fields["F0"] # Part ref prefix (e.g., 'R'). KeyError: 'F0'Expected behavior
No error should raised from skidl's official example.
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Additional context
The failure is brought by this merge with a hardcode logic to search part in kicad v6
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