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 | 86 | 89 | 53 |-| **native** | 46 | 38 | 41 | 20 |+| **core** | 93 | 86 | 89 | 54 |+| **native** | 46 | 38 | 41 | 24 | | **checks** | 37 | 33 | 11 | 9 | | **app** | 60 | 56 | 25 | 36 | | **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |-| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 213 | 166 | 118 |+| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 213 | 166 | 123 | <!-- 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 0.2.76 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.66, Fusion 360 bridge 1.12.6. 54 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*.+Altium bridge 0.2.76 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.66, Fusion 360 bridge 1.12.7. 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 | 86 | 89 | 53 |-| **native** | 46 | 38 | 41 | 20 |+| **core** | 93 | 86 | 89 | 54 |+| **native** | 46 | 38 | 41 | 24 | | **checks** | 37 | 33 | 11 | 9 | | **app** | 60 | 56 | 25 | 36 | | **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |-| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 213 | 166 | 118 |+| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 213 | 166 | 123 |  ## core @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `project_info` *proposed* | A project at a glance: name, files with sizes and dates, the sheet tree, the board (layers, parts, nets, size), text variables, net classes, last change,... |  | `kicad_project_info` |  | | `project_rename` *proposed* | Rename a project: the project file, the root sheet, the board and the tool's side files, with the references inside them updated. Refused while the tool has... |  | `kicad_project_rename` |  | | `read_board` | ONE round trip: components, nets, layers, copper, rules, occupancy, outline. | `altium_read_board` | `kicad_board_summary` (partial) | `fusion_board_info / fusion_get_design_info` (partial) |-| `read_footprint` *proposed* | Every detail of one library footprint: pads (number, type, shape, position, size, drill, layers), the layers it uses, its courtyard box, graphics per layer,... |  | `kicad_read_footprint` |  |+| `read_footprint` *proposed* | Every detail of one library footprint: pads (number, type, shape, position, size, drill, layers), the layers it uses, its courtyard box, graphics per layer,... |  | `kicad_read_footprint` | `fusion_read_footprint` | | `read_rules` | Every design rule on the current board, flat, disabled ones included: name, kind ordinal, enabled, priority, both scope expressions, comment, and Altium's... | `altium_read_rules` | `kicad_list_design_rules` | `fusion_read_rules` | | `read_schematic` | Components on the CURRENT schematic sheet (designator, library reference, comment, position, parameters) in one agent round trip. | `altium_read_schematic` | `kicad_sch_components` (partial) | `fusion_schematic` (partial) | | `read_symbol` | Read a SchLib component back: description, display-mode count, the pins of mode 0 (designator, name, electrical type), every parameter with its hidden flag,... | `altium_read_symbol` | `kicad_read_symbol` |  |@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ Wraps the EDA tool's own feature (its DRC, ERC, Gerbers, pours, Update PCB). Eve | `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` |  |+| `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_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` |  |-| `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` |  |+| `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_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... |  | `kicad_export_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` |  |+| `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` | | `export_pdf` | Every sheet of a project as one PDF, plus on request the board's composite print, Altium's assembly drawings (top and bottom, designators on the parts) and... | `altium_export_pdf` | `kicad_export_pdf` |  | | `export_step` | Headless STEP export of a board. Default lane 'outjob': Altium's own ExportSTEP output run from a throwaway project in %TEMP% that points at the board - no... | `altium_export_step` | `kicad_export_step` | `fusion_export_step` | | `install_library` | Register a library file in Altium's Installed Libraries (IntegratedLibraryManager.InstallLibrary) so its parts appear in the Components panel. | `altium_install_library` | `kicad_install_library` |  |

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  "proposed": 54,  "compared": {   "kicad": "1.0.66",-  "fusion360": "1.12.6"+  "fusion360": "1.12.7"  },  "tiers": {   "core": "Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees and changes a board.",@@ -653,7 +653,10 @@     "verb": "kicad_read_footprint",     "match": "exact"    },-   "fusion360": null+   "fusion360": {+    "verb": "fusion_read_footprint",+    "match": "exact"+   }   },   {    "name": "read_rules",@@ -1628,7 +1631,10 @@     "verb": "kicad_export_gencad",     "match": "exact"    },-   "fusion360": null+   "fusion360": {+    "verb": "fusion_export_gencad",+    "match": "exact"+   }   },   {    "name": "export_gerber",@@ -1659,7 +1665,11 @@     "verb": "kicad_export_ipc2581",     "match": "exact"    },-   "fusion360": null+   "fusion360": {+    "verb": "fusion_export_ipc2581",+    "match": "partial",+    "note": "IPC-2581 revision C in mode ASSEMBLY (valid against the C schema): stack-up, outline, packages, components, BOM, nets, pads, traces, vias, poured copper and drills. Solder mask, paste and silkscreen are not written; Fusion has no IPC-2581 writer of its own, so fabrication goes through export_odb."+   }   },   {    "name": "export_ipc356",@@ -1670,7 +1680,10 @@     "verb": "kicad_export_ipc356",     "match": "exact"    },-   "fusion360": null+   "fusion360": {+    "verb": "fusion_export_ipc356",+    "match": "exact"+   }   },   {    "name": "export_library_part",@@ -1712,7 +1725,10 @@     "verb": "kicad_export_odb",     "match": "exact"    },-   "fusion360": null+   "fusion360": {+    "verb": "fusion_export_odb",+    "match": "exact"+   }   },   {    "name": "export_pdf",

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  "proposed": 54,  "compared": {   "kicad": "1.0.66",-  "fusion360": "1.12.6"+  "fusion360": "1.12.7"  },  "tiers": {   "core": "Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees and changes a board.",