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KiCAD macro to add macros executor window to PyShell of Pcbnew

This macro works on Python Shell provided by KiCAD 4.1 or later. 4.0.X can not be supported.

Python Shell is pretty good to execute your line of code provided by Pcbnew. But it is hard to execute long macro many times in the interactive mode. This macro provides way to execute your macros from files stored on your specified directory.

Prepare macros in selected directory and specify it in _KIMACROS variable on Preferences - Configure Paths dialog. Copy content of pyshell_hack.py file into your PyShell_pcbnew_startup.py file which can be found through

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KICAD macro to set text properties on PCBnew

This macro provides way to set text properties on your PCBnew board. You can choose targets by regular expression of the module reference or text string.

Here is the function definition.

def set_text_properties(board, pattern, type="reference", width=None, height=None, thickness=None, visibility=None):
    """ Sets text properties which matches with the pattern. 
 @param board Pcbnew board

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KiCAD macro to draw keepout area in polygon of approximate circle

This macro provides way to add keepout area in polygon of approximate circle on your PCB in KiCAD pcbnew.

If you want to add circle has 3 mm radius at X, Y = 90, 100 position, call insert_keepout function as follows:

insert_keepout(90, 100, 3)

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Macro executor for KiCAD Pcbnew

This macro provides the dialog which allows you to execute your Python macros easily.

How to use

Put the macros.py file in the plugin directory let the file is automatically loaded.

KICAD_PATH/scripting/plugins