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kinet2pcb 1.1.4
Convert KiCad netlist into a PCBNEW .kicad_pcb file.
License: MIT license
Requires Python: >=3.6
Keywords: kinet2pcb KiCad EDA PCBNEW SKiDL

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kinet2pcb
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Convert KiCad netlist into a PCBNEW ``.kicad_pcb`` file.


* Free software: MIT license
* Documentation: https://devbisme.github.io/kinet2pcb .


Features
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* Converts a KiCad netlist file into a ``.kicad_pcb`` file that can be edited with PCBNEW.

Credits
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This package was created with Cookiecutter_ and the `audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage`_ project template.

.. _Cookiecutter: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
.. _`audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage`: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage


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History
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1.1.4 (2025-11-03)
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* Fixed os.path.join() usage when adding KiCad paths to sys.path.
* Raise exception if KiCad installation is not found when importing pcbnew.


1.1.3 (2025-11-02)
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* Removed dependence upon kinparse. Now using simp_sexp to parse netlist files.
* More robust searching for fp-lib-table file for multiple versions of KiCad on both Windows and Linux.
* Python 3.6 or higher is now required.


1.1.2 (2024-02-26)
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* Added FPID setting to part, otherwise only the fp_name and not the fp_lib appears in the final board.
* Added iterator to connect all pads of the same number to a given net. This mimics the behavior of the GUI editor.
* Added Python 3.12 to test environments.


1.1.1 (2023-09-10)
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* `net.get_pins()` is now used when a SKiDL Circuit object is used as the input for generating a PCB.


1.1.0 (2022-08-13)
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* Added `--libraries` command-line option to specify footprint library directories.


1.0.1 (2022-06-30)
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* Fixed incompatibilities with KiCad V6 Python API (pcbnew).


1.0.0 (2021-09-16)
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* Decided this tool was mature to the point it could be called 1.0.0.


0.1.3 (2021-05-19)
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* The parts in the PCB are now given a non-overlapping arrangement
  grouped according to their hierarchical nesting.


0.1.2 (2021-05-18)
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* The ``kinet2pcb()`` function will now generate a KiCad PCB file when given
  a netlist file name, a PyParsing object, or a SKiDL Circuit object.
* ``kinet2pcb`` can now be installed in the default Python interpreter on
  a system and it will look in ``/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages`` to find
  the ``pcbnew`` module installed by KiCad.  If the ``pcbnew`` module
  is not found there, add the correct location to the ``PYTHONPATH``
  environment variable.


0.1.1 (2019-03-09)
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* Now runs under Python 2 & 3.


0.1.0 (2019-10-28)
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* First release on PyPI.