jsreynaud/kicad-action-scripts

Some KiCad plugins in Python

kicad-action-scripts's Issues

Via stitching generates clearance violation of pads and tracks

As mentioned by @matthuszagh in #56, the via stitching plugin can generate vias that are in violation of the clearance of tracks and pads.

A way to easily reproduce it is to set a large clearance value for the board and generate a very dense grid of vias, For instance:

Crash on start ViaStitching plugin

I am on version of KiCad

and when I hit icon of viastitching, i get this error message:

Am I doing womething wrong or ? I am new at KiCad and at GitHub as well, so please be nice, if it is stupid question :D

Thank you very much in advance.
Marek

BuildFilledSolidAreasPolygons does not exist anymore

Hi :) Cool scripts, you have here! Chapeau!

The via stitching plugin did not work out of the box for me. I compiled Kicad maybe three weeks ago from the master branch. I realized, that the function for refilling the copper areas does not exist any more. Do you know of any replacement? Perhaps that one BuildSmoothedPoly.

kicad-action-scripts/ViaStitching/FillArea.py

Line 233 in f65c507

area.BuildFilledSolidAreasPolygons(self.pcb)

Also there are some minor things I changed to get it running. Just a hotfix.

https://github.com/m3x1m0m/kicad-action-scripts

Via not respecting grid

I am running Kicad master (5.99) and the plugin now does not crash, but it does not provide the desired result.

For example, this board:

If I use the following parameters:

I end up with this:

But I expect this (manually placed):

KiCad 7 Via Stitching Error

I installed Action Scripts into my KiCad instance (7.0.1). When I run Via Stitching, I get an error "Done. 0 vias placed. You have to refill all your pcb's areas/zones !!!" However it is freshly refilled.

Board passes DRC except for few islands in the copper pour. First layer is signal with copper pour to GND, second layer is GND plane.

I've attached a screen shot showing the error and details.

Python Error in Via Stitching Generator

When I open Via Stitching Generator Plugin, it shows this error:

I think its due to the conflicting versions of python. ( KiCad Windows version's core is running on Python 2.7 )
Please help.

My KiCad version(on Windows 10):

Also, I have a request, It would be great, if there is a quick Light/Dark Theme Toggle plug-in.

Thank you in advance, : )

"Random it" does not check for clearance

The "random it" function does not properly account for clearance.
Example:

Result:

This is because the random offset is not properly bounded.

Porting to 6.0

The 6.0 release is coming up soon, but none of these plugins work with 6 for various reasons. Is there a port planned?

kicad8.0RC1.91 bug

ViaStichting - nothing happens

Hi Reynaud

I have installed your plugin in the latest nightly version.
I placed the ViaStiching folder in ~/.kicad_plugins. It registers fine,
but when I select run nothing happens.

Got any idea of how one could dig deeper into this?

My version string is this

Application: KiCad
Version: 6.0.0-unknown-27d097a~100~ubuntu18.04.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.58.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0g zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.4 libpsl/0.19.1 (+libidn2/2.0.4) nghttp2/1.30.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.15.0-50-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.22
    Boost: 1.65.1
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.58.0
    Compiler: GCC 7.4.0 with C++ ABI 1011

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

TRun Time Error

Any idea what's wrong?

Remaining issues with Via Stitching in KiCad 7

This issue is a follow-up to the merging of PR #54 .
There are some remaining issues with the Via Stitching plugin in KiCad 7: the patterns Concentric, Outline and Outline (No Holes) crash the plugin. This is the stack-trace:

This is because the function ZONE.RawPolysList has been removed from the KiCad 7 API: https://docs.kicad.org/doxygen-python-7.0/classpcbnew_1_1ZONE.html I am not aware of a replacement...

Vias out of gnd areas

Hi,

First of all good job for providing this plugin - it's a really missing feature of KiCAD. I noticed that most of the time I get vias out of the GND filled zones which appear then as unconnected pads of course. Maybe it has to do with the method used to calculate filled areas/zones and bounds.

Here are some screenshots related to this issue.
https://pasteboard.co/hDX4PNf0J.png
https://pasteboard.co/hDXnUrMH0.png
https://pasteboard.co/hDXFOl392.png
https://pasteboard.co/hDXTPd6bg.png

Thanks.

CircularZone.py radius between 0 an 1mm

kicad-action-scripts/CircularZone/CircularZone.py

Line 44 in 3e5e1b5

if val < 1:

i think there must be zero checking, so script can generate circles with radius smaller than 1mm

Vias not being generated when internal layer is of different net

I have a stackup of
GND/signal
GND
POWER
GND/signal

The via generator will not generate vias when there is a filled zone of a different net on the internal Power layer.

Via Stitching Generator - Kicad 5.1.2 Windows 10

Hi,

Thanks a lot for this plugins !
Circular zone work well, but I have some issue with Via Stitching Generator on Kicad 5.1.2 on Windows 10 with python 2.7.6

When I start plugins I have this error :

Do you know why?!

Via stitching generator fails to place vias on requsted Via Grid

Under certain circumstances, whatever you enter in the Via Grid field, it always places vias much further apart, or not at all. I can't get a grip on it. It seems to have to do with which pre-defined via I select. e.g. it may succeed on 0.8/0.4mm vias and fail on 0.6/0.3mm vias. It may succeed when I enter 0.8mm and fail when I enter 1.0mm

Causes pcbnew to segfault

With the latest nightly build, it causes kicad pcbnew to segfault. I honestly don't know enough about wx to try to fix the issue on my own. So I figured I would tell you in hopes you can help.

Via placement tool does not avoid Mounting Hole footprints

While using this plugin I found that vias are placed inside the boundaries of "Mounting Hole" footprints, creating design rules errors

Via stitching randomization may generate DRC violations

As mentioned in PR #59, the via randomization is applied after clearance checks. As a result, it can generate all sorts of DRC violations (pads, board edges, tracks...).

It should be done before, but that also involves changing the way clearance is checked.

No vias placed (master branch, KiCad v7.0)

Issue: Vias not placed on both the GNDA plane and the VDDA plane (both tested). The program was run as both the KiCad plugin and from CMD.
The PCB file where the issue has occurred is attached. (Please excuse the bad circuit design, change .txt to .kicad_pcb)
nmr.txt

The output of the CMD run is as follows:

Enumerate groups
1679108761.6498702: Line 514
1679108761.6511688: Line 517
1679108761.7041044: Line 521
1679108761.7041745: Line 524
l_clearance : 2540000.0; step : 2540000.0; size: 460000.0; clearance: 200000.0; x/y_limit (27 20),board size : 64600000 46600000

Initial rectangle:
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OK           = 'X'
NO_SIGNAL    = ' '
OTHER_SIGNAL = 'O'
KEEPOUT      = 'K'
TRACK        = 'T'
PAD          = 'P'
DRAWING      = 'D'
STEP         = '-'

1679108761.7061296: Line 552

Post target areas:
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OK           = 'X'
NO_SIGNAL    = ' '
OTHER_SIGNAL = 'O'
KEEPOUT      = 'K'
TRACK        = 'T'
PAD          = 'P'
DRAWING      = 'D'
STEP         = '-'

1679108761.7073033: Line 629
11:06:01: Processing all vias of target area...

Post areas:
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OK           = 'X'
NO_SIGNAL    = ' '
OTHER_SIGNAL = 'O'
KEEPOUT      = 'K'
TRACK        = 'T'
PAD          = 'P'
DRAWING      = 'D'
STEP         = '-'

11:06:01: Processing all pads...
1679108761.7078824: Line 643

Post pads:
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_____________________________

OK           = 'X'
NO_SIGNAL    = ' '
OTHER_SIGNAL = 'O'
KEEPOUT      = 'K'
TRACK        = 'T'
PAD          = 'P'
DRAWING      = 'D'
STEP         = '-'

11:06:01: Processing all tracks...
1679108761.710732: Line 683

Post tracks:
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_____________________________

OK           = 'X'
NO_SIGNAL    = ' '
OTHER_SIGNAL = 'O'
KEEPOUT      = 'K'
TRACK        = 'T'
PAD          = 'P'
DRAWING      = 'D'
STEP         = '-'

11:06:01: Processing all existing drawings...
1679108761.7144415: Line 734
Post Drawnings:
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OK           = 'X'
NO_SIGNAL    = ' '
OTHER_SIGNAL = 'O'
KEEPOUT      = 'K'
TRACK        = 'T'
PAD          = 'P'
DRAWING      = 'D'
STEP         = '-'


Final result:
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OK           = 'X'
NO_SIGNAL    = ' '
OTHER_SIGNAL = 'O'
KEEPOUT      = 'K'
TRACK        = 'T'
PAD          = 'P'
DRAWING      = 'D'
STEP         = '-'

1679108761.7157285: Line 781
11:06:02: 0 vias placed
Done!

Version info:

Application: KiCad x86_64 on x86_64
Version: 7.0.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.2.2
    FreeType 2.13.0
    HarfBuzz 7.1.0
    FontConfig 2.14.2
    libcurl/7.88.1 OpenSSL/3.0.8 zlib/1.2.13 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.5.4 libidn2/2.3.4 libpsl/0.21.2 (+libidn2/2.3.4) libssh2/1.10.0 nghttp2/1.52.0
Platform: Arch Linux, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, xfce, x11
Build Info:
    Date: Mar 12 2023 01:48:29
    wxWidgets: 3.2.2 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
    Boost: 1.81.0
    OCC: 7.6.3
    Curl: 7.88.1
    ngspice: 39
    Compiler: GCC 12.2.1 with C++ ABI 1017
Build settings:
    KICAD_USE_EGL=ON
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

ViaStitching placing 0 vias

Hi,
I am using Kicad 5.1.4 windows version.
When runnig ViaStitching on this simple circular board:

test1.zip

I always get "0 vias placed":
11:19:36: Via Stitching: Version 1.5
11:19:36: Processing Target Area: GND, LayerName: F.Cu...
11:19:36: Processing all vias of target area...
11:19:36: Processing all pads...
11:19:36: Processing all tracks...
11:19:36: Processing all existing drawings...
11:19:36: Remove vias to guarantee step size...
11:19:36: 0 vias placed
Done!

If I set "Debug mode" ON, I get an error:

What can I do to get it running?

TIA

Getting error "You have to refill all your pcb's areas/zones !!!" even though zones filled

I keep seeing this error even though I just refilled all zones and saved. I'm using the last release of this plugin. I can provide more info if needed - let me know.

Kicad version info:

Application: KiCad PCB Editor x86_64 on x86_64
Version: 7.0.2, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.2.2
    FreeType 2.13.0
    HarfBuzz 7.1.0
    FontConfig 2.14.0
    libcurl/8.0.1 OpenSSL/3.0.8 zlib/1.2.13 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.5.5 libidn2/2.3.4 libssh2/1.10.0 nghttp2/1.51.0
Platform: Linux 5.12.4 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, , tty
Build Info:
    Date: Jan 1 1980 00:00:00
    wxWidgets: 3.2.2 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
    Boost: 1.79.0
    OCC: 7.6.2
    Curl: 8.0.1
    ngspice: 37
    Compiler: GCC 12.2.0 with C++ ABI 1017
Build settings:
    KICAD_USE_EGL=ON
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Crash found (tested on easy-w's compatibility branch)

Steps to reproduce:
1: Load up the attached board file.
Via_stich_test.zip
2: Run Viastitch plugin
3: set the Via Copper Size to 0.4 (0.5 and below crashes)
4: run the script
5: crash with the following error code

FillAreaAction.py Error on Windows and Kicad 5.1

Hi,
Anyone recognize this error:

Using ab13588

I am on the (latest 5.1) Kicad version:

Application: Pcbnew
Version: (5.1.10)-1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.5
    libcurl/7.71.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1g (Schannel) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.3.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh2/1.9.0 nghttp2/1.41.0
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.5 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.73.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.71.0
    Compiler: GCC 10.2.0 with C++ ABI 1014

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Crash on start ViaStitching plugin

I‘m using kicad 5.1.5 version

after start ViaStitching plugin

SWIG : AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'GetName'

Maybe this is user error, but I'm going to guess it's a windows related error. When I run the Via Stitching plugin in kicad 5.99 it gives me the below error. Sorry I cannot copy and paste the text.

Stitching seems to avoid all keepout zones

Hello!

I made a board with some keepout zones for footprints as I have some mechanical constraints. This had the side effect that it looks like it also keeps the stitching from adding vias to these areas.

Delete vias will make a 'Segmentation fault (core dumped)' kicad nightly on Linux

Hi @jsreynaud
I've discovered that the recent KiCAD nightly on Linux has introduced an issue when deleting the vias through the plugin...
This issue is not present on Windows.

I've done a repo to test this issue, limiting the code to the deleting part...
https://github.com/easyw/DeleteViasTest
inside there is also a test board
With the DeleteViasTest plugin I cannot get the core dump, but not all the vias are deleted after calling the function... this is weird and doesn't happen on Windows builds.

Via Stitching Generator - Kicad 5.1.2 Windows 10

Hi,

Still a problem with revision : 523525b

Any advice for this error ?

Sani300

Silkscreen Unreadable With Placed Vias

It would be great if there was an option to exclude the placement of vias on top of silkscreen. If vias are placed on top of labels to pins, they've turned out unreadable on a few boards I've made.

Thanks!

GetTimeStamp removed from nightlies

It seems that in nightly, GetTimeStamp has moved to the KIID class.
Moreover in V6, the unique ID can be set only on item creation.

Out of the grid stitching

I tried to fill ground plane with via. Based on example picture in README I expected vias to be placed into grid. But vias are placed out of the grid. In configuration for stitching is random placing of vias disabled (image below). I thought that would be caused by round corners, but it was nearly same after making sharp corners. I tried to use star pattern or random it but was very similiar. I also try to use different setting for via size, grid and clearence but also was out of grid.

Kicad Version: 5.1.4-e60b26684ubuntu18.04.1, release build
Via stitching plugin: commit 5c7670c

Also in empty project with rectangular PCB with only one part vias was not in grid. Setting was same as on picture above.

Should vias be even placed to grid or I misinterpret the image?

plugin not working with kicad 7

ViaStitching doesn't seem to work with the latest version of Kicad (Kicad7)

Via stitching plugin drops vias in the middle of pads.

stitching-issue.kicad_pcb.gz

Testing with rev 8787908 and KiCad Version: (5.99.0-11678-ga208dac8d8), I'm reliably running into the via stitching tool stitching my ground plane right into the middle of pads that are very much not supposed to be connected to ground.

I've attached both a screenshot showing the issue and a minimalish test board that one can use to reproduce the issue. To get this exact layout to generate the output seen in the screenshot, I'm leaving all the settings at their defaults except setting the Via grid to 1cm, but I've also seen it happen with the default settings.

I'm happy to answer questions about this bug report or to test out a proposed fix.

Thanks!

ViaStiching won't register in menu

I've copied the directory to the same place as other scripts. It doesn't want to register. I'm running Kicad 5.1.2 on Ubuntu Linux. If directed where to maybe find a stack trace more than happy to get more information.

exception: missing HitTestInsideZone: To Be Fixed

What to do with this exception and how to fix it. Have this message when trying to make via stitching, but smth goes wrong and 0 vias placed

Proposal: Shared Plugin Development Repository

Hello!
This is a request for a YES/NO vote for the following proposal:
Shared development of tools, scripts, plugins for KiCad EDA
kicad-extra/arkon#1
Thank you, and apologies if you already responded or otherwise not interested.

Can't start via stitch script

I get this error window after trying to start the script:

I'm using KiCad 5.14 in Windows 10.

Segmentation fault kicad 7

Hi,

When trying to use via stiching on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS I get a segmentation fault. I attach captures of the debug mode and backtrace.

(gdb) bt -full
#0  0x00007f96b70c82f1 in  () at /usr/lib/kicad/bin/_pcbnew.kiface
#1  0x00007f96b6bc1f05 in  () at /usr/lib/kicad/bin/_pcbnew.kiface
#2  0x00007f96b6aa6932 in  () at /usr/lib/kicad/bin/_pcbnew.kiface
#3  0x00007f96b7087473 in  () at /usr/lib/kicad/bin/_pcbnew.kiface
#4  0x00007f96ea4dc2b3 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
#5  0x00007f96ea094b43 in start_thread (arg=<optimized out>) at ./nptl/pthread_create.c:442
        ret = <optimized out>
        pd = <optimized out>

                      unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {140285694688112, 8509343378183445230, 140286079874624, 0, 140286148298832, 140285694688464, -8558377107163292946, -8558362505327387922}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = 0}}}
        not_first_call = <optimized out>
#6  0x00007f96ea126a00 in clone3 () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone3.S:81

Final result:
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|            XTPPPTPPPPTTTP            |
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|            XTXPTTPPTTXXTP            |
|            XXXPPTPPTXTTTX            |
|            XTTPTTPPPPTTTX            |
|            XTPPPTPPXXTXTX            |
|            XXTPTTXKXTXXTX            |
|           P TPPPPPPPPPPP             |
|           P XPPPPPPPPPPP             |
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OK           = 'X'
NO_SIGNAL    = ' '
OTHER_SIGNAL = 'O'
KEEPOUT      = 'K'
TRACK        = 'T'
PAD          = 'P'
DRAWING      = 'D'
STEP         = '-'

1678283482.9386125: Line 778
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Thanks for the plugin though!

Circle keepout in KiCAD 6- Exception error

Installed on Kicad 6 where the via stitching tool is functional, however circle keepouts/ zones will not load. A message pops up with an attribute error 'BOARD' object has no attribute "GetModules" on line 58.

cannot generate via stitching

Hi,

I'm trying to run the script with no success. Here's the error I get

My KiCad version Info is:

Application: KiCad
Version: 5.1.12-84ad8e8a86~92~ubuntu20.04.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.2.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 5.4.0-90-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
    Boost: 1.71.0
    OpenCASCADE Technology: 7.5.2
    Curl: 7.68.0
    Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 with C++ ABI 1013
Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=OFF
    KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Any hints? I was able to run it some months ago with a prior Kicad version (v5.10 I think)
gaston

Via Placement tool does not fully take Rule Areas into account?

I found that Rule Areas are not taken fully into account to prevent via placement in undesired areas when running the plugin "only under selected zone". The tool will avoid placing vias if the "keep out vias" rule is selected (so this works), but it will not when only the "keep out copper fill" is selected.

I'm not sure if this is by design, or an omission.

It would be desirable that via placement is avoided in areas where an explicit "keep out copper fill" rule is selected. This will prevent design rule checking errors such as 'Via not Connected' or 'via connected to only one layer' (due to placement of vias in inappropriate areas)

The workaround is to select "keep out vias" in the affected Area before running the plugin, then unselect it again after the plugin has finished, but again I think it would be more useful if the plugin would already avoid all non filled areas to begin with

Via placement doesn't respect single sided keepouts

As the title says, if you have a top and bottom plane (two layer board) and you put a keepout area on one of them, the vias will still be placed in that area. Overlapping keepouts on both layers behave as expected (no vias placed)

AttributeError: module 'pcbnew' has no attribute 'BOARD_GetStandardLayerName'

I'm getting this error shown in the image and summarized in the title. This is a 4 layer board. I don't know if this the cause of the issue.

KiCAD 7.0.6

"Star" fill type is inconsistent

From the comment on the star fill type I would expect that the vias are stitched in a fairly regular X-shaped pattern. However, the pattern seems to randomly deviate, giving inconsistent and unpredictable results.

For example:

If we take the first row of zig-zags and overlay it onto the remaining rows then the deviation becomes clear:

Crash on start on 5.1 branch on windows (5.1.10)

Using KiCad 5.1.10 on windows, getting this error when launching the via stitching plugin:

Apparently the same thing as #16 but the fix don't seems to be present in 5.1 branch.

Manually backporting this section: https://github.com/jsreynaud/kicad-action-scripts/pull/15/files#diff-bae6a893773ecb9a7f9faa4ce6f2d73f4f893d7f273ce0e11c67a5e5f19a478dR22-R26 (import, if/else) seems to fix it.

Kicad:

Application: KiCad
Version: (5.1.10)-1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.5
    libcurl/7.71.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1g (Schannel) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.3.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh2/1.9.0 nghttp2/1.41.0
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.5 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.73.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.71.0
    Compiler: GCC 10.2.0 with C++ ABI 1014
Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Via stiching does not respect clearance

Clearances set to 0,2mm, this script will place vias without respecting clearances.

This seems to only happen when the "random it" selection is made.

release for KiCad 8

More of a question than a issue. Is a release version for KiCad 8 planned?

A couple of friends and me really like this plugin, but started migrating to KiCad 8. However we never quite managed to get the plugin installed correctly. It would be a lot easier if we could install it via the plugin manager in KiCad.

Not trying to push anything, just wanted to know if we can expect any releases in the future. And if not, a small guide on how to install it via git would be greatly appreciated.

Making a Light/Dark theme toggler plugin for KiCad

Based on KiCad theme, auto detect if a dark theme is to be used.