KiKit VS InteractiveHtmlBom

I use Kikit for exactly this. The pro's on here are better at thinking ahead than me - I end up iterating by boards and components so having the schematics as hierarchical sheets and the PCBs in one file makes sure I don't cross-wire or mess up the connectors between mother and daughter boards etc.

Have a look at Kikit https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/blob/master/docs/multiboard.md. I put things in a single schematic, and have multiple boards in the pcb design. Kikit then splits the out for you - and panelises them etc if you want too.

And even when I populate boards by hand, I make my panels as I can generate stencils that fit my alignment jigs (see https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/blob/master/doc/stencil.md).

You can adapt KiKit's installation guide: - the guide: https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/blob/master/doc/macosInstallation.md - the script: https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/blob/master/scripts/installMacOS.bash

Use KiKit: https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit

There is a patch release with a number of fixes: https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/releases/tag/v1.0.1

I would advice to not to draw the panels manually, but instead generate them automatically via KiKit (https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit)

Or if you are hand assembling I like using ibom HTML. https://github.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom

There are some really good plugins for KiCAD. For example, I use this BOM visualizer for the PCBA process.

including (or excluding! they can be useful, but are less so when populating with ibom(honestly forgot this wasn't part of kicad. defo use this), can be rather cluttered, and there's just something sexy professional about leaving them off imo) reference designators.

The InteractiveHtmlBom plugin is amazing.

Check this out! It’s not quite what you’re asking for but I bet it’ll solve your problem

Thank you very much for the feedback! I indeed had this project in mind while doing it https://github.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom

This is awesome! I have been wanting to build something like this for ages. Could the processing be done using a Gitlab / GitHub pipeline and and then host the results as a static site? This is what I do now with interactive HTML bom and it's a really nice workflow. Just commit and everything is generated.