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EDA Bridge Standard: one way for an AI to drive every PCB tool
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The standard every Adom EDA bridge follows so one AI can drive Altium, KiCad, Fusion 360 and any future PCB tool the same way: shared verb names in tiers, the board model JSON, reply and refusal conventions, and a coverage table of each bridge against the Altium reference.
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regenerate after kicad-lane (reference/kicad-1.0.68.json, insiders: bom, assembly_check, jlcpcb_order, footprint_from_land_pattern, silk_designators): KiCad 184 of 236
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README.md+2−2@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ verb by verb: [docs/coverage.md](docs/coverage.md). |---|---|---|---|---| | **core** | 93 | 90 | 89 | 61 | | **native** | 46 | 43 | 41 | 27 |-| **checks** | 37 | 33 | 24 | 9 |+| **checks** | 37 | 33 | 29 | 9 | | **app** | 60 | 60 | 25 | 37 | | **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |-| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 226 | 179 | 134 |+| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 226 | 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
docs/coverage.md+8−8@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Coverage: every standard verb on each bridge -Altium bridge 0.2.77 (the reference), KiCad bridge 1.0.67, Fusion 360 bridge 1.12.8. 54 verbs came from other bridges' proposals (tools/proposed/); they are marked *proposed*.+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*. `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. @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Generated by `tools/generate.py` from `verbs/coverage.json`; do not edit by hand |---|---|---|---|---| | **core** | 93 | 90 | 89 | 61 | | **native** | 46 | 43 | 41 | 27 |-| **checks** | 37 | 33 | 24 | 9 |+| **checks** | 37 | 33 | 29 | 9 | | **app** | 60 | 60 | 25 | 37 | | **platform** | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |-| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 226 | 179 | 134 |+| standard (all but platform) | 236 | 226 | 184 | 134 | ## core @@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ Engineering computed from the board model, not by the tool: one shared engine, s | Verb | What it does | Altium | KiCad | Fusion 360 | |---|---|---|---|---|-| `assembly_check` | Ready for JLCPCB assembly? The board against both JLCPCB PCBA tiers as published (Economic and Standard): board or panel size, thickness and layers, parts... | `altium_assembly_check` | | |+| `assembly_check` | Ready for JLCPCB assembly? The board against both JLCPCB PCBA tiers as published (Economic and Standard): board or panel size, thickness and layers, parts... | `altium_assembly_check` | `kicad_assembly_check` | | | `auto_classes` | Net classes from the nets' own names: GND, Power (VCC, VDD, 3V3, VBAT...), Clock, HighSpeed (USB, Ethernet, HDMI, PCIe, DDR, MIPI, LVDS, SATA...) and the... | `altium_auto_classes` | `kicad_auto_classes` | | | `board_features` | Add the furniture every real board needs in one undo step: mounting holes (at points or the four corners), fiducials, keepout areas, and a stitching-via... | `altium_board_features` | `kicad_add_mounting_hole` (partial) | | | `board_report` | One shareable page per board: every check run against the live board and its project (Altium's DRC, JLCPCB fab limits and assembly tiers, the schematic... | `altium_board_report` | `kicad_board_report` | |-| `bom` | The project's bill of materials read straight from Altium: every schematic sheet the .PrjPcb lists (placed parts and their parameters) merged with the board... | `altium_bom` | | `fusion_board_bom` (partial) |+| `bom` | The project's bill of materials read straight from Altium: every schematic sheet the .PrjPcb lists (placed parts and their parameters) merged with the board... | `altium_bom` | `kicad_bom` | `fusion_board_bom` (partial) | | `build_board` | Build a NEW board from a parts list and a netlist: outline (rounded corners allowed), every footprint from one PcbLib placed by its own origin, pad nets... | `altium_build_board` | | | | `build_footprint` | Build a complete footprint (pads, silkscreen, courtyard, arcs) in a PcbLib from a kicad2altium spec file on this machine, and return a proof frame. | `altium_build_footprint` | | | | `build_schematic` | Draw a design's schematic from its netlist with the project library's symbols, inside a new project (.PrjPcb with the board and libraries), compile it, and... | `altium_build_schematic` | | `fusion_schematic_plan / fusion_schematic_run` (partial) |@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ Engineering computed from the board model, not by the tool: one shared engine, s | `estimate_cost` *proposed* | The board's numbers a fab quote needs (size, layers, thickness, smallest track, gap and drill, holes, SMD and through-hole parts and joints, unique parts)... | | `kicad_estimate_cost` | | | `fab_check` | Before ordering: the board's fab-relevant minimums measured from the live board (narrowest track, smallest via drill, diameter and annular ring, smallest... | `altium_fab_check` | `kicad_fab_check` | `fusion_fab_check` | | `find_space` | Free spots on the board for a part near another (clear of every other part on that side, of that side's tracks and vias, and inside the outline), nearest... | `altium_find_space` | `kicad_find_space` | |-| `footprint_from_land_pattern` | Build a complete footprint from the land pattern a datasheet prints: pads numbered the standard way (chip, dual SOIC/TSSOP/DFN, SOT, quad QFP/QFN, BGA), an... | `altium_footprint_from_land_pattern` | | |+| `footprint_from_land_pattern` | Build a complete footprint from the land pattern a datasheet prints: pads numbered the standard way (chip, dual SOIC/TSSOP/DFN, SOT, quad QFP/QFN, BGA), an... | `altium_footprint_from_land_pattern` | `kicad_footprint_from_land_pattern` | | | `height_check` | Will it fit the enclosure? Each part's height from its 3D bodies (top and bottom side), the parts over a height limit board-wide or under a lid feature in a... | `altium_height_check` | `kicad_height_check` | | | `impedance` | Controlled impedance from the board's own stack-up: the track width each copper layer needs for a single-ended target (50 ohm default) and the width and gap... | `altium_impedance` | `kicad_impedance` | `fusion_impedance` | | `import_part` | One call imports a whole part: footprint spec + STEP + symbol modes + models + params + save. | `altium_import_part` | | |-| `jlcpcb_order` | A JLCPCB order in one call: the board checked against JLCPCB's fab limits, the Gerbers and drill zipped the way JLCPCB's order page takes them, the JLCPCB... | `altium_jlcpcb_order` | | |+| `jlcpcb_order` | A JLCPCB order in one call: the board checked against JLCPCB's fab limits, the Gerbers and drill zipped the way JLCPCB's order page takes them, the JLCPCB... | `altium_jlcpcb_order` | `kicad_jlcpcb_order` | | | `length_tune` | Lengthen a routed net to a target length, or to match another net (a pair's skew, a DDR byte lane): a serpentine in its longest straight track that has room... | `altium_length_tune` | | | | `net_lengths` | Routed length of every net (or the ones named) on the live board, by layer with its vias; the skew inside each differential pair; and the spread of... | `altium_net_lengths` | `kicad_net_lengths` | | | `pin_pad_check` | Do the footprints fit their symbols? Part by part, the symbol's pin numbers (from the sheet files) against the footprint's pad names (from the board): pins... | `altium_pin_pad_check` | `kicad_pin_pad_check` | |@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Engineering computed from the board model, not by the tool: one shared engine, s | `review_board` | Design-review checks (14) over one board read; schematic checks with includeSchematic. | `altium_review_board` | `kicad_lint_board` (partial) | | | `route_pair` | Route a differential pair as a pair: one centreline from the source pads' midpoint through waypoints to the destination pads' midpoint, each net offset to... | `altium_route_pair` | `kicad_route_pair` | | | `schematic_review` | Review the schematic before Update PCB: every placed pin (read from the sheet files, with its electrical type) against Altium's compiled netlist. Errors:... | `altium_schematic_review` | `kicad_sch_check / kicad_design_review / kicad_lint_schematic` (partial) | |-| `silk_designators` | Place every reference designator the way assembly houses want: one size, upright, beside its own part, clear of every pad (JLCPCB: 0.15 mm), every other... | `altium_silk_designators` | | |+| `silk_designators` | Place every reference designator the way assembly houses want: one size, upright, beside its own part, clear of every pad (JLCPCB: 0.15 mm), every other... | `altium_silk_designators` | `kicad_silk_designators` | | | `test_board` | Place one footprint, or a ';' list, from the open PcbLib on ONE board: a NEW board (wMm x hMm outline) when pcbPath is new or omitted, APPENDED to the... | `altium_test_board` | | | | `thermal_vias` | A thermal via grid in a part's exposed pad (the ground or thermal pad under a QFN, DFN, PowerPAD or regulator): centred, inset from the pad's edge, sized by... | `altium_thermal_vias` | `kicad_thermal_vias` | | | `via_fence` | A via fence for EMC: a row of ground vias on both sides of RF or fast nets' tracks, and/or round the board edge, at a pitch from the frequency (lambda/20)... | `altium_via_fence` | `kicad_via_fence` | |
verbs/coverage.json+21−6@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ }, "proposed": 54, "compared": {- "kicad": "1.0.67",+ "kicad": "1.0.68", "fusion360": "1.12.8" }, "tiers": {@@ -2214,7 +2214,10 @@ "verb": "altium_assembly_check", "match": "exact" },- "kicad": null,+ "kicad": {+ "verb": "kicad_assembly_check",+ "match": "exact"+ }, "fusion360": null }, {@@ -2267,7 +2270,10 @@ "verb": "altium_bom", "match": "exact" },- "kicad": null,+ "kicad": {+ "verb": "kicad_bom",+ "match": "exact"+ }, "fusion360": { "verb": "fusion_board_bom", "match": "partial"@@ -2435,7 +2441,10 @@ "verb": "altium_footprint_from_land_pattern", "match": "exact" },- "kicad": null,+ "kicad": {+ "verb": "kicad_footprint_from_land_pattern",+ "match": "exact"+ }, "fusion360": null }, {@@ -2488,7 +2497,10 @@ "verb": "altium_jlcpcb_order", "match": "exact" },- "kicad": null,+ "kicad": {+ "verb": "kicad_jlcpcb_order",+ "match": "exact"+ }, "fusion360": null }, {@@ -2659,7 +2671,10 @@ "verb": "altium_silk_designators", "match": "exact" },- "kicad": null,+ "kicad": {+ "verb": "kicad_silk_designators",+ "match": "exact"+ }, "fusion360": null }, {
verbs/standard.json+1−1@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ }, "proposed": 54, "compared": {- "kicad": "1.0.67",+ "kicad": "1.0.68", "fusion360": "1.12.8" }, "tiers": {