@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ can use a Makefile to export your KiCad PCBs just as needed.
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77For example, it's common that you might want for each board rev:
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9- * Check DRC one last time
9+ * Check DRC one last time (currently not possible)
1010* Gerbers, drills and drill maps for a fab in their favourite format
1111* Fab docs for the assembler
1212* Pick and place files
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ Set up a virtualenv:
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2828```
2929virtualenv --python /usr/bin/python2.7 ~/venv/kiplot
30+ source ~/venv/kiplot/bin/activate
3031```
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32- Install with ` pip -e ` :
33+ Install ` kiplot ` with ` pip -e ` :
3334
3435```
3536cd path/to/kiplot
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ be accessible to the program. You might need to add it to the `PYTHONPATH`.
4243You might also need to set ` LD_LIBRARY_PATH ` (you need to be able to load
4344` libkicad_3dsg.so ` ).
4445
45- For example, if you installed in ` ~/local/kicad ` , you might want :
46+ For example, if you installed in ` ~/local/kicad ` , you might have :
4647
4748```
4849export PYTHONPATH=~/local/kicad/lib/python2.7/site-packages
@@ -53,4 +54,6 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/local/kicad/lib64
5354
5455There are some things that still need work:
5556
56- * DRC checking - that can't be done over the Python interface yet.
57+ * DRC checking - that can't be done over the Python interface yet. If/when
58+ this is added to KiCad, KiPlot will be able to also be used for DRC
59+ functional tests instead of a complex additonal test harness in C++.
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