kicad.plotter¶

class kicad.plotter.Plotter(board, layer=None, color_mode=None)¶

close()¶

Close a plotfile after writing

Example:

>>> from kicad.pcbnew import Board, Layer
>>> from kicad.plotter import Plotter
>>> b = Board.from_editor()
>>> p = Plotter(b, layer=Layer.from_id(0))
>>> p.open('test', Plotter.PLOT_FORMAT_SVG)
kicad.plotter.Plotter(board="")
>>> p.plot_layer()# doctest: +SKIP
>>> p.close()

color_mode¶

is color mode enabled?

Returns:	`bool`

is_open¶

is plotfile open?

Returns:	`bool`

layer¶

layer to plot on

Returns:	`kicad.pcbnew.Layer`

open(filename, format, sheet_description=None)¶

Open a new plotfile for writing

Parameters:	filename (`str`) – Name of the file to plot format – format of the output file sheet_description – some description
Returns:	`kicad.plotter.Plotter`
Example:

>>> from kicad.pcbnew import Board, Layer
>>> from kicad.plotter import Plotter
>>> b = Board.from_editor()
>>> p = Plotter(b, layer=Layer.from_id(0))
>>> with p.open('test', Plotter.PLOT_FORMAT_SVG):
...     p.plot_layer()# doctest: +SKIP
...

plot_layer()¶: plot layer to opened file