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fix: Replace SetFootprintName with SetFPID for KiCAD 9.x compatibility

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Fixes issue #28 where place_component fails on KiCAD 9.0.5 with:
'FOOTPRINT' object has no attribute 'SetFootprintName'

KiCAD 9.x API changed from SetFootprintName() to SetFPID(LIB_ID).

Changes:
- place_component: Parse footprint string and use SetFPID with LIB_ID
- update_component: Parse footprint string or preserve existing library
- duplicate_component: Use source.GetFPID() directly

All three methods now use the KiCAD 9.x API while maintaining backward
compatibility with the footprint parameter format.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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KiCAD MCP Bot
2026-01-10 11:43:54 -05:00
parent 6fffb39bc7
commit aa18486359
1 changed files with 29 additions and 4 deletions
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python/commands/component.py
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@@ -104,9 +104,22 @@ class ComponentCommands:
if value:
module.SetValue(value)
# Set footprint if provided
# Set footprint if provided (use existing library_nickname and footprint_name)
# For KiCAD 9.x compatibility, use SetFPID instead of SetFootprintName
if footprint:
module.SetFootprintName(footprint)
# Parse footprint string if it's in "Library:Footprint" format
if ":" in footprint:
lib_name, fp_name = footprint.split(":", 1)
else:
# Use the library_nickname we already have from loading
lib_name = library_nickname
fp_name = footprint
fpid = pcbnew.LIB_ID(lib_name, fp_name)
module.SetFPID(fpid)
else:
# Use the footprint we just loaded
fpid = pcbnew.LIB_ID(library_nickname, footprint_name)
module.SetFPID(fpid)
# Set rotation (KiCAD 9.0 uses EDA_ANGLE)
angle = pcbnew.EDA_ANGLE(rotation, pcbnew.DEGREES_T)
@@ -337,7 +350,18 @@ class ComponentCommands:
if value:
module.SetValue(value)
if footprint:
module.SetFootprintName(footprint)
# For KiCAD 9.x compatibility, use SetFPID instead of SetFootprintName
# Parse footprint string (format: "Library:Footprint")
if ":" in footprint:
lib_name, fp_name = footprint.split(":", 1)
fpid = pcbnew.LIB_ID(lib_name, fp_name)
module.SetFPID(fpid)
else:
# If no library specified, keep existing library
current_fpid = module.GetFPID()
lib_name = current_fpid.GetLibNickname().GetUTF8()
fpid = pcbnew.LIB_ID(lib_name, footprint)
module.SetFPID(fpid)
return {
"success": True,
@@ -694,7 +718,8 @@ class ComponentCommands:
# Create new footprint with the same properties
new_module = pcbnew.FOOTPRINT(self.board)
new_module.SetFootprintName(source.GetFPIDAsString())
# For KiCAD 9.x compatibility, use SetFPID instead of SetFootprintName
new_module.SetFPID(source.GetFPID())
new_module.SetValue(source.GetValue())
new_module.SetReference(new_reference)
new_module.SetLayer(source.GetLayer())