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For example, it's common that you might want for each board rev:
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* Check DRC one last time
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* Check DRC one last time (currently not possible)
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* Gerbers, drills and drill maps for a fab in their favourite format
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* Fab docs for the assembler
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* Pick and place files
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virtualenv --python /usr/bin/python2.7 ~/venv/kiplot
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source ~/venv/kiplot/bin/activate
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Install with `pip -e`:
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Install `kiplot` with `pip -e`:
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cd path/to/kiplot
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You might also need to set `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` (you need to be able to load
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`libkicad_3dsg.so`).
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For example, if you installed in `~/local/kicad`, you might want:
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For example, if you installed in `~/local/kicad`, you might have:
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export PYTHONPATH=~/local/kicad/lib/python2.7/site-packages
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There are some things that still need work:
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* DRC checking - that can't be done over the Python interface yet.
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* DRC checking - that can't be done over the Python interface yet. If/when
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this is added to KiCad, KiPlot will be able to also be used for DRC
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functional tests instead of a complex additonal test harness in C++.

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