KiCad to ODB++ exporter

sethhillbrand commented 1 year ago

Outline

KiCad currently supports export to GenCAD, Gerber, Gerber X2 and IPC-D-356. These are commonly used, but many manufacturers would like the additional information contained in an ODB++ file. This includes net information, board stackup, bill of materials, embedded stroke fonts as well as standard layer data.

Details

The ODB++ Design website provides a reference viewer to verify data output. There are many examples in the existing Gerber and GenCAD exporters to use for implementation frameworks.

Relevant Links:

Expected Outcome

An ODB++ exporter that can generate standard ODB++ files using existing v8 KiCad features.

Project Properties

Skills

C++
Basic knowledge of EDA software concepts

Difficulty

Medium

Size

350 hours

Additional Information

Potential mentors:
- Seth Hillbrand
Organization website: https://kicad.org
Communication channels:
- gsoc@kicad.org
- Discord channel

Neeraj8949 commented 1 year ago

I want to contribute in this software .I have good knowledge of c++ and for this I am going through EDM software to proceed this issue

sethhillbrand commented 1 year ago

Hello @Neeraj8949 We're happy that you are interested in joining KiCad for the GSoC! The first step will be to introduce yourself over on our Discord channel. We have some intro steps that you will want to look at.

UncleWeeds commented 4 months ago

@sethhillbrand Hey my self Abhiram, I am participating in gsoc'24. Really interested in this project, any advice where to get started would be really helpful

sethhillbrand commented 4 months ago

Hello @UncleWeeds . This issue is out of date. We should be merging ODB++ this year. KiCad is not part of gsoc this year.

opencax / GSoC