In the Schematic Editor, when I go into the symbol properties of the component, I can edit the all the fields including the “Description” field
I’m still puzzled about the “description” field. Could you upload a picture of the symbol properties dialog?
Regarding the BOM-creation with python scripts I can’t help. I use the simple csv-export from the symbol fields table. Kicad 7: A new easy simple BOM possibility - #3.
more general questions:
- do you have only problems with the description field or with all modified symbol fields?
- which bom export script do you use exactly?
- and is the script invoked from schematic editor or from pcb editor?