EDA Bridge Standard: one way for an AI to drive every PCB tool

@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ verb by verb: [docs/coverage.md](docs/coverage.md). <!-- coverage:start (tools/generate.py writes this) --> | Tier | Verbs | Altium | KiCad | Fusion 360 | |---|---|---|---|---|-| **core** | 93 | 90 | 89 | 61 |-| **native** | 46 | 43 | 41 | 27 |+| **core** | 93 | 93 | 89 | 61 |+| **native** | 46 | 46 | 41 | 27 | | **checks** | 37 | 33 | 29 | 9 | | **app** | 60 | 60 | 25 | 37 | | **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |-| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 226 | 184 | 134 |+| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 232 | 184 | 134 | <!-- coverage:end -->  The **checks** tier is where the other bridges are furthest behind, and it is the cheapest to close: those verbs are

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ # Coverage: every standard verb on each bridge -Altium bridge 0.2.77 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.68, Fusion 360 bridge 1.12.8. 54 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*.+Altium bridge 0.2.78 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.68, Fusion 360 bridge 1.12.8. 54 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*. `exact` is the same job under the same or an equivalent name; `partial` does part of it or does it differently (`verbs/coverage.json` names what in `note`); `unsupported` answers `not_supported` for the whole job and is not counted; blank is missing. Generated by `tools/generate.py` from `verbs/coverage.json`; do not edit by hand.  | Tier | Verbs | Altium | KiCad | Fusion 360 | |---|---|---|---|---|-| **core** | 93 | 90 | 89 | 61 |-| **native** | 46 | 43 | 41 | 27 |+| **core** | 93 | 93 | 89 | 61 |+| **native** | 46 | 46 | 41 | 27 | | **checks** | 37 | 33 | 29 | 9 | | **app** | 60 | 60 | 25 | 37 | | **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |-| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 226 | 184 | 134 |+| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 232 | 184 | 134 |  ## core @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `create_footprint` | Create one footprint from a pad list in a PcbLib (the library is created and saved if the path does not exist) and return a proof frame. | `altium_create_footprint` | `kicad_create_footprint` |  | | `create_symbol` | Create one rectangular symbol from a pin list in a SchLib (the library is created and saved if the path does not exist) and return a proof frame. | `altium_create_symbol` | `kicad_create_symbol` |  | | `doc_params` | Read or set a sheet's document parameters: the title block (Title, DocumentNumber, Revision, DrawnBy, Author, CompanyName, ...). | `altium_doc_params` | `kicad_doc_params` (partial) |  |-| `edit_footprint` *proposed* | Edit a library footprint in place: change, delete, add or renumber pads; add, replace or delete graphics on a layer; set its description, tags and... |  | `kicad_fp_edit` | `fusion_edit_footprint` (partial) |+| `edit_footprint` *proposed* | Edit a library footprint in place: change, delete, add or renumber pads; add, replace or delete graphics on a layer; set its description, tags and... | `altium_edit_footprint` | `kicad_fp_edit` | `fusion_edit_footprint` (partial) | | `edit_parts` *proposed* | Edit placed parts: value, designator, any field (add, change, remove), do-not-populate, exclusion from the BOM or position files, mounting type and the... | `altium_edit_parts` | `kicad_edit_parts` | `fusion_edit_parts` (partial) | | `find_symbol` | Find symbols (or footprints with kind:'footprint') by part of their name across libraries: the given ones, or every installed .SchLib/.PcbLib. | `altium_find_symbol` | `kicad_find_symbol` |  | | `footprint_primitives` | Geometry dump of one PLACED component: its tracks, arcs, pads (with solder and paste mask expansion in um) and texts in mils with layer ids; other primitive... | `altium_footprint_primitives` | `kicad_footprint_graphics` (partial) |  |-| `generate_body` *proposed* | Make a part's 3D body from its package family and its datasheet dimensions (chip, SOIC, QFN, QFP, BGA, SOT-23, DFN, MELF, electrolytic can, crystal, pin... |  |  | `fusion_generate_body` |-| `import_svg` *proposed* | Import SVG artwork (a logo, a label) as filled polygons on a silkscreen, copper, mask or user layer, at a position and size; curves flattened, holes kept.... |  | `kicad_import_svg` | `fusion_import_svg` (partial) |+| `generate_body` *proposed* | Make a part's 3D body from its package family and its datasheet dimensions (chip, SOIC, QFN, QFP, BGA, SOT-23, DFN, MELF, electrolytic can, crystal, pin... | `altium_generate_body` |  | `fusion_generate_body` |+| `import_svg` *proposed* | Import SVG artwork (a logo, a label) as filled polygons on a silkscreen, copper, mask or user layer, at a position and size; curves flattened, holes kept.... | `altium_import_svg` | `kicad_import_svg` | `fusion_import_svg` (partial) | | `layer_stack` | The CURRENT board's stack-up: copper layers in order with copper thickness and the dielectric under each (height, constant, material), and the total... | `altium_layer_stack` | `kicad_layer_stack` | `fusion_board_stackup` | | `layers` | The current board's layer set with ids, names, kind and whether each is displayed. | `altium_layers` | `kicad_layers` | `fusion_layers` | | `layers_in_use` | Which layers of the current board actually carry primitives: copper layers with copper (densest first) and every layer with anything on it. | `altium_layers_in_use` | `kicad_layers_in_use` | `fusion_layers_in_use` |@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ Wraps the EDA tool's own feature (its DRC, ERC, Gerbers, pours, Update PCB). Eve | `create_part_project` *proposed* | Generate a small real project (schematic and board) around one library part, so the part can be shown and tested in every view: schematic, 2D board and 3D... | `altium_create_part_project` | `kicad_make_part_project` (partial) | `fusion_make_test_project` (partial) | | `diff_pairs` | Differential pairs on the current board: list them, define one from two nets (replacing a pair of that name), or remove one. Altium's differential-pair... | `altium_diff_pairs` | `kicad_diff_pairs` (partial) |  | | `export_bom` | Bill of materials export: altium_run_outjob with the assembly OutJob and the 'Folder Structure' medium as defaults. | `altium_export_bom` | `kicad_export_bom_csv` (partial) | `fusion_export_bom / fusion_board_bom` |-| `export_dxf` *proposed* | Export chosen board layers to DXF, one file per layer (the outline, panel drawings, stencils, enclosure work). |  | `kicad_export_dxf` | `fusion_export_dxf` |-| `export_gencad` *proposed* | Export the board as GenCAD 1.4, the input of test-fixture tools and some assembly houses' CAM. |  | `kicad_export_gencad` | `fusion_export_gencad` |+| `export_dxf` *proposed* | Export chosen board layers to DXF, one file per layer (the outline, panel drawings, stencils, enclosure work). | `altium_export_dxf` | `kicad_export_dxf` | `fusion_export_dxf` |+| `export_gencad` *proposed* | Export the board as GenCAD 1.4, the input of test-fixture tools and some assembly houses' CAM. | `altium_export_gencad` | `kicad_export_gencad` | `fusion_export_gencad` | | `export_gerber` | Gerber/drill export: altium_run_outjob with the fabrication OutJob and the 'Folder Structure' medium as defaults. | `altium_export_gerber` | `kicad_export_gerber` | `fusion_export_gerbers` | | `export_ipc2581` *proposed* | Export the board as IPC-2581: one XML file with copper, drill, stack-up, netlist and BOM, through the tool's own exporter. | `altium_export_ipc2581` | `kicad_export_ipc2581` | `fusion_export_ipc2581` (partial) |-| `export_ipc356` *proposed* | Export the IPC-D-356 netlist of the board, for bare-board electrical test (flying probe or bed of nails). |  | `kicad_export_ipc356` | `fusion_export_ipc356` |+| `export_ipc356` *proposed* | Export the IPC-D-356 netlist of the board, for bare-board electrical test (flying probe or bed of nails). | `altium_export_ipc356` | `kicad_export_ipc356` | `fusion_export_ipc356` | | `export_library_part` *proposed* | Export one library part into its own small library files: a symbol library with only its symbol, a footprint library with only its footprint, and its 3D... | `altium_export_library_part` | `kicad_export_part` (partial) | `fusion_export_library_part` (partial) | | `export_manufacturing` | A project's manufacturing set in one call: Gerbers, NC drill, pick and place (CSV, mm) and the BOM, from an OutJob the bridge writes beside the project... | `altium_export_manufacturing` | `kicad_export_gerber / kicad_export_pos` (partial) | `fusion_export_gerbers / fusion_export_cpl / fusion_export_bom` (partial) | | `export_odb` *proposed* | Export the board as ODB++ (copper, drill, stack-up, netlist and parts in one archive) through the tool's own exporter. | `altium_export_odb` | `kicad_export_odb` | `fusion_export_odb` |

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@  "standard": "0.4.5",  "reference": {   "bridge": "altium",-  "version": "0.2.77"+  "version": "0.2.78"  },  "proposed": 54,  "compared": {