svg2librepcb

A small program to generate LibrePCB packages from an SVG file, along with an Inkscape extension.

Building

You need Rust and Cargo installed. Then run:

cargo build --release

Then you can find the binary at target/release/svg2librepcb.

CLI Usage

Use svg2librepcb --help to view the usage help.

Example:

svg2librepcb \
    --outpath ~/LibrePCB-Workspace/v0.1/libraries/local/MyLibrary.lplib/ \
    --name MyName \
    --author Danilo \
    logo.svg

This will result in the following files being generated in the output directory:

cmp/2288621c-6056-4531-90d1-21e9f6f72175/
├── component.lp
└── .librepcb-cmp
dev/f9207d36-6bc1-41f9-a61c-cf1f9657b8e3/
├── device.lp
└── .librepcb-dev
pkg/8d92aac5-2fe0-460c-baad-35e9361d5f79/
├── .librepcb-pkg
└── package.lp
sym/c1fbc16a-a380-4387-aee7-a3facd5f50aa/
├── .librepcb-sym
└── symbol.lp

SVG Constraints

• Only paths are considered, without transformations or style.
• If you have an object that consists of outer and inner paths (e.g. a donut shape), you need to join the inner and outer path. The "Cut Closed Loops" section of this SparkFun tutorial can help with that.

Inkscape Extension

You can use this program as an Inkscape extension:

To use it, create a release build and copy the binary and the extension file to the Inkscape extension directory:

cargo build --release
cp target/release/svg2librepcb ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/
cp inkscape/svg2librepcb.inx ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/

Alternatively, during development, you can also symlink the two files:

cargo build
ln -s $(pwd)/target/debug/svg2librepcb ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/
ln -s $(pwd)/inkscape/svg2librepcb.inx ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/

Then, launch the extension through "Extensions > Export > Export to LibrePCB".