Added columns Position X, Position Y, Rotation to fields

[AlexLedis]

I added support to export position (X, Y) and rotation. This way, you can create a combined BOM with placement information.

We needed this because we need the positioning file with added custom fields, e.g. the article number from ERP. I think this function can be really helpful. I would be delighted if you can merge this addition into the master branch.

Best regards,
Alex

[qu1ck]

Hi, thanks for contributing.
I'm not opposed to the idea but as currently implemented it is only useful in narrow set of circumstances. I think to be merged it needs following improvements:

1. Configurable prescaling factor. Ibom doesn't care about units but if you are displaying numerical values you need to know if it's imperial/metric or bananas. Given that other CADs may use their own internal units, it's best to just have arbitrary prescaling factor.
2. Origin selection (simply a configurable numerical x.y offset, ideally in case of kicad it can auto detect drill file origin)
3. Axis direction selection (kicad's Y axis pointing down is controversial even if not uncommon)
4. Proper comparator for sorting in javascript

All the configurable things will need modifications to the dialog and cli.

[AlexLedis]

Hi,

thanks for the feedback, I will try to implement the above options, probably in the GUI first.

Best regards,
Alex

[AlexLedis]

Question: How should I add the controls to the GUI? In "dialog_base.py", where the controls are defined, it says:

"Python code generated with wxFormBuilder (version 3.10.1-0-g8feb16b3)
...
PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!"

Do you have the source files for using wxFormBuilder included in the project?

[qu1ck]

wxFormBuilder source file is settings_dialog.fbp

[AlexLedis]

Hi,

I have been working on the implementation, but I am unsure how to transmit the settings to Javascript for processing. One way to do it, is to make it ecad-specific, but I would prefer it to be generic. I can include it in pcbdata, but this does not seem correct.

Can you give me a hint?

[qu1ck]

You can add it to the config struct https://github.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom/blob/master/DATAFORMAT.md#config-struct

It's passed to javascript by including fields here https://github.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom/blob/master/InteractiveHtmlBom/core/config.py#L38