Handle Altium project file format
Parse individual schematic files and layout files
Create top-level schematic file
Link imported UUIDs between schematic symbol and footprints based on
refdes
Create KiCad project
Map Altium layout layers between KiCad
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2117
(cherry picked from commit e81956f292f06719b6984d3a86e7493435f49805)
Recommendation is to avoid using the year nomenclature as this
information is already encoded in the git repo. Avoids needing to
repeatly update.
Also updates AUTHORS.txt from current repo with contributor names
Change design block file ext to kicad_block[s]
Fully include design blocks in project archives
schematic design blocks are a .kicad_blocks folder (library), containing
a .kicad_block folder (block), containing a .kicad_sch file (schematic
fragment) and a .json file (metadata). The .kicad_sch file is already
covered in the archived extension list, but the json needs to be
included.
As a side effect, this will pick up any other json file in the project
directory.
Also archive design block library tables
Schematics, symbols, boards and footprints all get the ability to store
files inside their file structures. File lookups now have a
kicad-embed:// URI to allow various parts of KiCad to refer to files
stored in this manner.
kicad-embed://datasheet.pdf references the file named "datasheet.pdf"
embedded in the document. Embeds are allowed in schematics, boards,
symbols and footprints. Currently supported embeddings are Datasheets,
3D Models and drawingsheets
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/6918
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2376
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/17827
IPC2581 is a modern production file exchange system. It provides
single-file data output for an entire board including BOM and netlist
information.
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/1954
- Move PLUGIN_FILE_DESC to common.
- SCH_PLUGIN: rename Load -> LoadSchematicFile, Save -> SaveSchematicFile.
- Use PLUGIN_FILE_DESC and CanRead* in schematic plugins.
- Return none/unknown types from Find/GuessPluginType functions.
- Iterate over file types for file wildcards.
- Clean-up header checking in IO plugins.
- Use PCB plugin list in IO_MGR::GuessPluginTypeFromLibPath.
dropping files to Kicad manager :
*.kicad_pro, *.pro -> open project;
gerber and job files -> open in Gerbview editor;
Eagle and Cadstar files -> open project.
dropping file to schematic editor -> append schematic;
dropping library file to Symbol editor -> add library;
dropping board file to PCB editor -> append board;
dropping library or footprint file to Footprint editor -> add library or import footprint;
dropping ZIP file or gerber files to Gerbview editor -> open files;
dropping sheet file to Drawing Sheet editor -> open sheet.
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/11638
Allows placing parts from an external database that reference symbols from another loaded library.
Includes:
- nanodbc wrapper
- database schematic library plugin
- basic tests
Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/7436
