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whitequark / kicad-boardview

KiCAD to Boardview exporter reads KiCAD PCB layout files and writes ASCII Boardview files
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Add support for BVR boardview output (fixes pin number caveats) #19

Closed sabogalc closed 3 months ago

sabogalc commented 7 months ago

The .brd format has some caveats with pin numbers that are detailed in the README. The .bvr format does not have these caveats, so I updated the script to also be able to output BVR boardviews.

BGA part in .brd Screenshot 2024-03-19 203507

That same BGA part in .bvr Screenshot 2024-03-19 011938

This does come at a cost of a file size that is 8x to 9x larger, but it is much more readable by the end user should someone look through the text in either file.

I apologize for my lack of Git knowledge and will try to keep the excessive commits to a minimum. The only thing I could think of changing apart from any suggestions you may have is updating the README to reflect this option.

whitequark commented 3 months ago

Thanks, and sorry for the long delay!