panelize-plugin
Automatic KiCad panelization plugin (by msvisser)
svg2mod
Convert Inkscape SVG drawings to KiCad footprint modules (by svg2mod)
| panelize-plugin | svg2mod | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |
| 52 | 88 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 2 years ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
panelize-plugin
Posts with mentions or reviews of panelize-plugin.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-08.
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Panelizing in KiCad
take a look also at those two :) https://github.com/msvisser/panelize-plugin https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit
svg2mod
Posts with mentions or reviews of svg2mod.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-22.
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How to approach faceplate design?
I really like svg2mod which lets you create multi layer KiCad footprint files converted from Inkscape (or whatever tool you like for svg).
What are some alternatives?
When comparing panelize-plugin and svg2mod you can also consider the following projects:
KiKit - Automation tools for KiCAD
eurorack-kicad-templates - A small collection of KiCad 6.0 templates for developing Eurorack faceplates and PCBs.
kicad-panelizer - A simple script to create a v-scored panel of a KiCad board.
kicad-parts-placer - Auto place components into pcbnew from a centroid file. Useful for making pogo pin test jigs.
MyKiCad - My KiCad boards. Can't be bothered uploading individually anymore, so here you go.
mch2022-project - Overview of the MCH2022 Badge project
pcb-tools - Tools to work with PCB data (Gerber, Excellon, NC files) using Python.
kicad-kle-placer - KiCAD plugin to help place switch footprints based on a KLE