export_kicad

Type: netlist.

netlist export

Exports in the KiCAD's netlist format that pcbnew can load, with the following characteristics:

• illegal character in string: " (substituted with _)

Attribute usage

For components the following attributes are used to construct file-format specified fields:

• component's display/footprint (fallback: footprint attribute)
• component's display/value (fallback: value attribute)
• component's display/device (fallback: device attribute)
• ports's display/pinname (fallback: port's name)

Other custom attributes that have an export name are exported for:

• components

Omit and DNP

The plugin will not export components and networks that have the display/omit attribute set.

The plugin will export objects that have the display/dnp attribute set. To get the DNP information passed on, use the export naming mechanism of a target plugin in the view.