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

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ # Coverage: every standard verb on each bridge -Altium bridge 0.2.76 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.63, Fusion 360 bridge 1.12.2. 54 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*.+Altium bridge 0.2.76 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.64, Fusion 360 bridge 1.12.2. 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 | 72 | 48 |+| **core** | 93 | 86 | 89 | 48 | | **native** | 46 | 36 | 35 | 19 | | **checks** | 37 | 33 | 11 | 4 | | **app** | 60 | 56 | 25 | 35 | | **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |-| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 211 | 143 | 106 |+| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 211 | 160 | 106 |  ## core @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a  | Verb | What it does | Altium | KiCad | Fusion 360 | |---|---|---|---|---|-| `add_body` | Put a 3D body on a footprint of a PcbLib: a STEP model, or an extruded box when no step is given. It REPLACES the footprint's existing 3D bodies (a... | `altium_add_body` |  | `fusion_attach_3d_package` (partial) |+| `add_body` | Put a 3D body on a footprint of a PcbLib: a STEP model, or an extruded box when no step is given. It REPLACES the footprint's existing 3D bodies (a... | `altium_add_body` | `kicad_add_body` | `fusion_attach_3d_package` (partial) | | `add_models` | Attach one or more PCBLIB footprint models, parameters, comment and description to a SchLib component (Altium's several-footprints-per-symbol mechanism). | `altium_add_models` | `kicad_footprint_models` (partial) |  | | `add_symbol_art` | Draw the chip-outline artwork (the chip-thumbnailer polylines adom-symbol baked into the KiCad symbol) into a SchLib component, fitted to its body... | `altium_add_symbol_art` |  |  | | `align_parts` *proposed* | Line parts up on a common left, right, top, bottom or centre line, or space them evenly, by courtyard box or by anchor point. One undo step, with... | `altium_align_parts` | `kicad_align_parts` |  |@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `board_shape` | Redefine the CURRENT board's outline as a wMm x hMm rectangle at (x0Mm, y0Mm) by rewriting the board outline's segments. | `altium_board_shape` | `kicad_board_outline` | `fusion_board_shape` | | `board_summary` | One-screen summary of the current board, shaped from one read_board round trip: component counts by side, nets, copper layers actually in use, rule counts. | `altium_board_summary` | `kicad_board_summary` | `fusion_board_info` (partial) | | `bodies` *proposed* | Every part's 3D body as a box: its footprint rectangle on the board and its height range above the surface it sits on (a bottom part measures down from the... | `altium_bodies` | `kicad_bodies` | `fusion_bodies` |-| `clone_symbol` | Copy a symbol inside the current SchLib under a new name, all display modes included. | `altium_clone_symbol` |  |  |+| `clone_symbol` | Copy a symbol inside the current SchLib under a new name, all display modes included. | `altium_clone_symbol` | `kicad_clone_symbol` |  | | `component_data` | Placement data for one board component, or for all of them: footprint pattern, comment, layer/side, position, rotation, size, pad count and the nets on its... | `altium_component_data` | `kicad_component_data` | `fusion_component_data` | | `component_pins` | Every pad of one board component with its net, position, layer, size and hole. | `altium_component_pins` | `kicad_component_pins` | `fusion_component_pins` | | `copper_layers` | Every copper layer Altium can address on the current board (top, mid 1-30, planes 1-16, bottom) with names and visibility. | `altium_copper_layers` | `kicad_copper_layers` | `fusion_copper_layers` |-| `copy_footprint` | Duplicate a footprint inside the current PcbLib under a new name (every primitive replicated). | `altium_copy_footprint` |  |  |+| `copy_footprint` | Duplicate a footprint inside the current PcbLib under a new name (every primitive replicated). | `altium_copy_footprint` | `kicad_copy_footprint` |  | | `copy_routing` *proposed* | Copy the tracks and vias inside a box to an offset, remapping nets by pairing parts (a designator map or pattern), so a repeated channel gets the same... | `altium_copy_routing` | `kicad_copy_routing` |  | | `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` |  |  |+| `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` |  | | `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` |  | | `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` |  | | `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` |  |@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `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... |  |  |  | | `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` |  | | `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` |  | `fusion_layers` |+| `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` | | `list_designators` | Every component designator on the current board. | `altium_list_designators` | `kicad_list_designators` | `fusion_list_designators` | | `list_library` | Names of every component in a .SchLib or every footprint in a .PcbLib (kind taken from the extension). Opens the library; no screenshot. | `altium_list_library` | `kicad_list_footprints / kicad_list_symbols` (partial) | `fusion_library_parts` (partial) |@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `move_parts` | Move, rotate and flip placed components (side top or bottom; flip:true turns a part over); each part is read back to 0.001 mm, the exact rotation and its... | `altium_move_parts` | `kicad_move_footprint / kicad_flip_footprint` | `fusion_move_parts` | | `net_connections` | Every pad on the board with its net and owner (Designator.Pad), plus a bounding span and the airline length (minimum spanning tree over its pads, airlineMm)... | `altium_net_connections` | `kicad_trace_net / kicad_find_connections` (partial) | `fusion_net_connections` | | `normalize_bodies` | Move every 3D body of a PcbLib's footprints (or one footprint) onto its pad cluster. A body added through the canvas lands 50000 mil from the pads in the... | `altium_normalize_bodies` |  |  |-| `part_parameters` | The parameter names a project's parts carry (with how many parts carry each), or with name, that parameter's value on every part. | `altium_part_parameters` |  |  |+| `part_parameters` | The parameter names a project's parts carry (with how many parts carry each), or with name, that parameter's value on every part. | `altium_part_parameters` | `kicad_part_parameters` |  | | `place_on_pcb` | Place ONE footprint from a PcbLib on a new board and return a proof frame. The single-part predecessor of altium_test_board. | `altium_place_on_pcb` | `kicad_place_footprint / kicad_add_footprint` |  |-| `place_on_sch` | Place one symbol, or a ';' list of symbols, from the open SchLib on ONE new sheet (sheet sized FROM the measured parts: 500 mil gaps, 600 mil margins, A4... | `altium_place_on_sch` |  |  |+| `place_on_sch` | Place one symbol, or a ';' list of symbols, from the open SchLib on ONE new sheet (sheet sized FROM the measured parts: 500 mil gaps, 600 mil margins, A4... | `altium_place_on_sch` | `kicad_place_on_sch` |  | | `place_vias` | Place vias (through, top to bottom). One undo step, read back. | `altium_place_vias` | `kicad_add_via` | `fusion_place_vias` | | `plate_vias` | Make every drilled pad in a PcbLib a plated MULTI-LAYER pad (all footprints, or footprintName). adom-lbr writes heatsink vias as pads with a hole; Altium... | `altium_plate_vias` |  |  | | `project_create` *proposed* | Create a new project folder with a project file, an empty schematic and an empty board (2 to 32 copper layers), with a title and text variables. |  | `kicad_project_create` |  |@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `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` |  |-| `remove_footprint` | Delete one footprint from the current PcbLib. | `altium_remove_footprint` |  |  |+| `remove_footprint` | Delete one footprint from the current PcbLib. | `altium_remove_footprint` | `kicad_remove_footprint` |  | | `remove_graphics` *proposed* | Remove board graphics (lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, polygons, texts, dimensions) by id, or every one on a layer and of a kind. One undo step. | `altium_remove_graphics` | `kicad_remove_graphics` |  | | `remove_items` | Delete specific free tracks and vias, given exactly as altium_routing_state returned them. One undo step. | `altium_remove_items` | `kicad_remove_route` (partial) | `fusion_remove_items` | | `remove_parts` *proposed* | Remove placed parts from the board by designator, as one undo step. The library is not touched (that is remove_footprint). | `altium_remove_parts` | `kicad_remove_parts` |  | | `remove_symbol` | Delete one component from the current SchLib. | `altium_remove_symbol` | `kicad_remove_symbol` |  |-| `rename_footprint` | Rename a footprint in the current PcbLib. | `altium_rename_footprint` |  |  |-| `rename_symbol` | Rename a component (LibReference) in the current SchLib. | `altium_rename_symbol` |  |  |-| `ripup_nets` | Delete every free track, arc and via on each named net. One undo step. | `altium_ripup_nets` |  | `fusion_ripup_nets` |+| `rename_footprint` | Rename a footprint in the current PcbLib. | `altium_rename_footprint` | `kicad_rename_footprint` |  |+| `rename_symbol` | Rename a component (LibReference) in the current SchLib. | `altium_rename_symbol` | `kicad_rename_symbol` |  |+| `ripup_nets` | Delete every free track, arc and via on each named net. One undo step. | `altium_ripup_nets` | `kicad_ripup_nets` | `fusion_ripup_nets` | | `route_net` | Route one net as tracks, segment by segment; a waypoint on another layer drops a via there. One undo step, read back. | `altium_route_net` | `kicad_route_net / kicad_add_track` | `fusion_route_net` | | `routing_state` | The WHOLE current board as data, in mm: tracks, arcs, vias, pads (with owner and net), components (ref, x, y, rotation, side), polygon pours, the outline,... | `altium_routing_state` | `kicad_routing_state` | `fusion_routing_state` | | `rules_by_kind` | The current board's ENABLED design rules grouped by rule kind (Clearance, Width, RoutingVias, ...), each group sorted by priority. Shaped from one... | `altium_rules_by_kind` | `kicad_board_rules` (partial) | `fusion_rules_by_kind` |@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ Read and edit the design. Every bridge provides these: they are how an AI sees a | `set_layer_count` *proposed* | Set the board's copper layer count (2, 4, 6 or 8): the layer table and the stack-up, keeping the board thickness. | `altium_set_layer_count` | `kicad_set_layer_count` |  | | `set_models` | Replace every footprint model on a SchLib component with ONE PCBLIB model (set_params footprint and add_models APPEND, which is how a symbol ends up with two). | `altium_set_models` | `kicad_footprint_models` (partial) |  | | `set_outline` | Reshape the current board's outline (a rectangle with rounded corners, or a polygon). One undo step. | `altium_set_outline` | `kicad_board_outline` | `fusion_set_outline` |-| `set_params` | Set parameters on a SchLib component, optionally its comment, and optionally link a footprint by name. | `altium_set_params` |  |  |+| `set_params` | Set parameters on a SchLib component, optionally its comment, and optionally link a footprint by name. | `altium_set_params` | `kicad_set_params` |  | | `set_track_width` | Set the width of the EXISTING tracks and arcs on nets or a net class (rules only steer new routing). Widen power nets after routing, or thin a net that... | `altium_set_track_width` | `kicad_modify_track` (partial) | `fusion_set_track_width` |-| `set_visibility` | Show or hide one named parameter on a SchLib component. | `altium_set_visibility` |  |  |-| `sheet_params` | Write parameters onto PLACED parts on the schematic sheets (the BOM write-back): MPN, Manufacturer, Mouser/DigiKey/LCSC numbers, anything. A missing... | `altium_sheet_params` |  |  |-| `silk_state` | The silkscreen as it stands: every part's body box, its designator and comment (text, location, size, rotation, shown, Altium's measured box), and the free... | `altium_silk_state` |  | `fusion_silk_state` |+| `set_visibility` | Show or hide one named parameter on a SchLib component. | `altium_set_visibility` | `kicad_set_visibility` |  |+| `sheet_params` | Write parameters onto PLACED parts on the schematic sheets (the BOM write-back): MPN, Manufacturer, Mouser/DigiKey/LCSC numbers, anything. A missing... | `altium_sheet_params` | `kicad_sheet_params` |  |+| `silk_state` | The silkscreen as it stands: every part's body box, its designator and comment (text, location, size, rotation, shown, Altium's measured box), and the free... | `altium_silk_state` | `kicad_silk_state` | `fusion_silk_state` | | `swap_footprint` | Replace the FIRST component on the current board with a footprint from a PcbLib at the same position, re-assigning nets by pad designator. Tracks are... | `altium_swap_footprint` | `kicad_update_footprints_from_library` (partial) |  |-| `symbol_prims` | Read a SchLib component's drawing: primitive counts by kind, body rectangle, polyline bounding box, display mode and the footprint models. Read-only, use it... | `altium_symbol_prims` |  |  |-| `xcopy_footprint` | Copy a footprint ACROSS libraries: from fromLib into toLib (opened and made current), optionally under a new name. | `altium_xcopy_footprint` |  |  |+| `symbol_prims` | Read a SchLib component's drawing: primitive counts by kind, body rectangle, polyline bounding box, display mode and the footprint models. Read-only, use it... | `altium_symbol_prims` | `kicad_symbol_prims` |  |+| `xcopy_footprint` | Copy a footprint ACROSS libraries: from fromLib into toLib (opened and made current), optionally under a new name. | `altium_xcopy_footprint` | `kicad_xcopy_footprint` |  |  ## native 

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  },  "proposed": 54,  "compared": {-  "kicad": "1.0.63",+  "kicad": "1.0.64",   "fusion360": "1.12.2"  },  "tiers": {@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@     "verb": "altium_add_body",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_add_body",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_attach_3d_package",     "match": "partial"@@ -163,7 +166,10 @@     "verb": "altium_clone_symbol",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_clone_symbol",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -225,7 +231,10 @@     "verb": "altium_copy_footprint",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_copy_footprint",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -278,7 +287,10 @@     "verb": "altium_doc_params",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_doc_params",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -378,7 +390,10 @@     "verb": "altium_layers",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_layers",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_layers",     "match": "exact"@@ -505,7 +520,10 @@     "verb": "altium_part_parameters",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_part_parameters",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -530,7 +548,10 @@     "verb": "altium_place_on_sch",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_place_on_sch",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -678,7 +699,10 @@     "verb": "altium_remove_footprint",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_remove_footprint",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -748,7 +772,10 @@     "verb": "altium_rename_footprint",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_rename_footprint",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -759,7 +786,10 @@     "verb": "altium_rename_symbol",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_rename_symbol",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -770,7 +800,10 @@     "verb": "altium_ripup_nets",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_ripup_nets",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_ripup_nets",     "match": "exact"@@ -1292,7 +1325,10 @@     "verb": "altium_set_params",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_set_params",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -1320,7 +1356,10 @@     "verb": "altium_set_visibility",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_set_visibility",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -1331,7 +1370,10 @@     "verb": "altium_sheet_params",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_sheet_params",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -1342,7 +1384,10 @@     "verb": "altium_silk_state",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_silk_state",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": {     "verb": "fusion_silk_state",     "match": "exact"@@ -1370,7 +1415,10 @@     "verb": "altium_symbol_prims",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_symbol_prims",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {@@ -1381,7 +1429,10 @@     "verb": "altium_xcopy_footprint",     "match": "exact"    },-   "kicad": null,+   "kicad": {+    "verb": "kicad_xcopy_footprint",+    "match": "exact"+   },    "fusion360": null   },   {