Kicad Plugins ii October 31, 2021 Kicad Plugins iii Contents 1 Introduction to the KiCad plugin system 2 1.1 Plugin Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Kicad Plugins 1 / 33 KiCad Plugin System Copyright This document is Copyright © 2016 by it’s contributors as listed below. You may distribute reports, suggestions or new versions to here: • About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues • About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues • About KiCad

Kicad Plugins The KiCad Team KiCad Plugin System Copyright This document is Copyright © 2016 by it’s contributors as listed below. You may distribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the bug reports, suggestions or new versions to here: About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues About KiCad software version Published on January 29, 2016. 1. Introduction to the KiCad plugin system The KiCad plugin system is a framework for extending the capabilities of KiCad using shared libraries. One of

bug reports, suggestions or new versions to here: About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues About KiCad environment variable KICAD_USER_TEMPLATE_DIR path defined in the environment variable KICAD_TEMPLATE_DIR System templates: /../share/kicad/template/ User templates: Unix: ~/kicad/templates/ Windows: should do the same if you remap manually. 1. If possible, keep version 4 of KiCad installed on your system unless you have never used any of the symbol libraries distributed with KiCad. 2. If you get warning

reports, suggestions or new versions to here: • About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues • About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues • About KiCad variable KICAD_USER_TEMPLATE_DIR • path defined in the environment variable KICAD_TEMPLATE_DIR • System templates: /../share/kicad/template/ • User templates: – Unix: ~/kicad/templates/ should do the same if you remap manually. 1. If possible, keep version 4 of KiCad installed on your system unless you have never used any of the symbol libraries distributed with KiCad. 2. If you get warning

bug reports, suggestions or new versions to here: About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues About KiCad specified using the IDF board output units (mm or thou) and in the IDF coordinate system, that is a right-hand coordinate system with +Z moving towards the viewer, +X is to the viewer’s right, and +Y is up identifier for the MCAD system. The values of the strings will ideally have some meaning to a user, but this is not necessary: the values are primarily intended for the MCAD system to use as a unique ID

reports, suggestions or new versions to here: • About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues • About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues • About KiCad specified using the IDF board output units (mm or thou) and in the IDF coordinate system, that is a right-hand coordinate system with +Z moving towards the viewer, +X is to the viewer’s right, and +Y is up identifier for the MCAD system. The values of the strings will ideally have some meaning to a user, but this is not necessary: the values are primarily intended for the MCAD system to use as a unique ID

Kicad Plugins ii October 31, 2021 Kicad Plugins iii Contents 1 Introduction to the KiCad plugin system 2 1.1 Plugin Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Kicad Plugins 1 / 33 KiCad Plugin System Copyright This document is Copyright © 2016 by it’s contributors as listed below. You may distribute Published on January 29, 2016. Kicad Plugins 2 / 33 1 Introduction to the KiCad plugin system The KiCad plugin system is a framework for extending the capabilities of KiCad using shared libraries. One of

bug reports, suggestions or new versions to here: About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues About KiCad fp-lib-table in the user’s home folder. The location of this folder is dependent upon the operating system being used. Project Specific Footprint Library Table The project specific footprint library table Pcbnew or CvPcb will attempt to copy the default footprint table file fp-lib-table stored in the system’s KiCad template folder to the file fp-lib-table in the user’s home folder. If fp-lib-table cannot

Kicad Plugins The KiCad Team KiCad Plugin System Copyright This document is Copyright © 2016 by it’s contributors as listed below. You may distribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the software version Published on January 29, 2016. 1. Introduction to the KiCad plugin system The KiCad plugin system is a framework for extending the capabilities of KiCad using shared libraries. One of implements the API presented by a plugin as though the Plugin Loader is a class providing the plugin’s services. This is achieved by the Plugin Loader class providing a public interface containing function names

reports, suggestions or new versions to here: • About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues • About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues • About KiCad fp-lib-table in the user’s home folder. The location of this folder is dependent upon the operating system being used. 5.2.2 Project Specific Footprint Library Table The project specific footprint library Pcbnew or CvPcb will attempt to copy the default footprint table file fp-lib-table stored in the system’ s KiCad template folder to the file fp-lib-table in the user’s home folder. If fp-lib-table cannot