Does such a plugin exist

External Plugins
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Hello,

I’m looking for a plugin that:

  • Takes a reference (for instance “R43”)
  • Takes a “shift” amount (for instance “4”)
  • Then shifts all reference starting from the reference, using the shift amount (i.e. if there are 50 resistors, R50 ->R54, R49 ->R53, … R43 -> R47)

I other words, a plugin able to “insert” a number of “free” slots, without having to do it manually.
Does it exist ? If not how difficult would it be to develop it ?

Thank you in advance for your help ! :slight_smile:

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In version 5 Eeschema, the schematic editor, doesn’t have a plugin interface. You have to write something which manipulates the file directly. How difficult? Just read the schematic files and compare with your programming ability :slight_smile:

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I’m with eelik.
Eeschema is a pretty simple text based format and you can probably do this with a text editor that has some scripting capabilities, or any scripting language that is good with handling text.

You can find more information about KiCad’s file formats in:
https://kicad.org/help/file-formats/

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Thank you for the link. I’m just starting this out and I’m sure it would be a lot of help.

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