Question on using the plugin - where is footprint info stored?

[StormTrooper]

Been using KiCad and Inventree for a while now and just discovered this plugin which looks very useful.

I've followed the installation document and managed to install the plugin (v1.4.1) with KiCad 8.0.2. Setup the API/categories etc and in the symbol library I can see the list of parts.

So far so good.

One thing I'm not following is where do you setup the symbol and footprint information for the part. I get the Inventree has no way to know what the symbol and footprint will be and this has to be manually entered for each part.

Where do I do this though. I don't see anywhere in the part where this information can be entered?

Am I correct in thinking the footprint info be stored in Inventree?

[afkiwers]

Hi @StormTrooper,

The plugin looks for parameters. An example below.

You can define which parameters are used in several places. For a generic assignment you can use the plugin settings. Please note that there is a bug in inventree which means it won't display the name only the ID. If you click on it though it will show you the names.

If you want to specify a specific value or footprint parameter for a certain category, you can do that inside the admin panel. This will override the generic plugin settings.

[StormTrooper]

Thanks for the details. That's the bit I was missing.

Added the missing parameters to KiCad and then setup the plugin to use those parameters.

Working perfectly now.

[StormTrooper]

@afkiwers I thought I had it all working, but one thing that is confusing me.

In Inventree I've got a part setup as follows:

When placing the part in KiCad I get the IPN | Value:

What do I need to change to just display the value. (100k) Played around with a few settings but not having any luck.

[afkiwers]

Did you enable Include IPN in the settings? It looks like it's set to include and show in schematic

Can you share a screenshot of the part's fields in KiCad?

[StormTrooper]

[afkiwers]

InvenTree is providing that to the plugin. Have a look under InvenTree settings->part->'Part Name Display Format' and play with that format. You probably have to get rid of some of the formatting.

Sorry, I don't have access to my computer at the moment just got my phone which makes it a bit harder to quickly check stuff on my side.

[afkiwers]

What's displayed as part name at the top in InvenTree when opening the parts page?

[StormTrooper]

Thanks, looks like it's the formatting. If part.ipn exists then display it. Currently set to:

{{ part.IPN if part.IPN }}{{ ' | ' if part.IPN }}{{ part.name }}{{ ' | ' if part.revision }}{{ part.revision if part.revision }}

So will also display revision if set.

The part name is displayed as RES-100K-0805 | 100k in Inventree. I'll modify the formatting.

[StormTrooper]

Changed it to {{ part.name }} which fixes the issue.

Made a note of the old setting in case something breaks down the line which expects that format.

[afkiwers]

Fantastic!

That's just a display thing and should not break anything.