PyAltium 0.0.3

A package for reading Altium files

PyAltium

A tool to process Altium file types. Currently only supports reading of .SchLib files.

Information & Usage

SchLib

Currently the only schematic library capability is creating a list of library items, with some details

Sample usage:

import pprint
from pyaltium import SchLib

# Set up our pretty printer so our output is understandable
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)

sl = SchLib('my_file_name.SchLib')
print(SchLib.list_items())

Returns

[
    {
        "libref": "ref1",
        "description": "My description",
        "sectionkey": "Section Key" // This is unneeded, just for internals
    },
    // ...
]

PCBLib

Currently the only PCB library capability is creating a list of footprints

Sample usage:

import pprint
from pyaltium import SchLib

# Set up our pretty printer so our output is understandable
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)

sl = SchLib('my_file_name.SchLib')
print(SchLib.list_items())

Returns:

[
    {
        "footprintref": "ref1",
        "height": "2.8", // mm
        "description": "My description"
    },
    // ...
]