Altium-Schematic-Parser

Converts Altium .SchDoc files into json

Prerequisites

• python 3
• olefile

Install

git clone git@github.com:a3ng7n/Altium-Schematic-Parser.git
cd Altium-Schematic-Parser
pip install -e .

Usage

Full description

usage: parse.py [-h] [-o OUTPUT]
                [-f {all-list,all-hierarchy,parts-list,net-list}]
                input

Ex: to export all contents of altiumschematic.schdoc to jsonfile.json within path/to/:

python parse.py "path/to/altiumschematic.schdoc" -o "path/to/jsonfile.json"

NOTE: the default output formatting behavior (-f/--format) if not supplied is to show all contents retaining all hierarchy information

Command line arguments

positional arguments:
  input                 path/to/altiumschematic.schdoc file to parse

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        path/to/jsonfile.json file to output json to, otherwise prints to terminal
  -f {all-list,all-hierarchy,parts-list,net-list}, --format {all-list,all-hierarchy,parts-list,net-list}
                        all-list: All records in a flattened list
                        all-hierarchy: All records in an owner/child "hierarchy"
                        parts-list: A listing of parts and their designators
                        net-list: A listing of nets between parts pins, referred to by their designators

Notes

schdoc file format

Record ids:

• 1: a part, type identified by either "LIBREFERENCE" or "DESIGNITEMID"
• 2: a pin on a part, with types indicated by "ELECTRICAL"
  • 4: "Passive"
  • 7: "Power"
• 4: a "Annotation", which appears to just be a text box for referential purposes
• 6: a "drawing" I think... "Xn"/"Yn" are values of where a line should be drawn
• 17: a "Power Port", used commonly as GND or VCC, identified by "TEXT", "LOCATION.X", "LOCATION.Y", and a symbol denoted by "STYLE"
• 25: a "Net Label", which is similar to a "Power Port" in giving net designation to a wire, but doesn't come with a symbol (aka STYLE)
• 27: a "Wire", aka connecting line used to determine net associations
• 34: a designator?
• 41: text associated with an "OWNERPARTID" - lots of different types indicated by "NAME"
  • PinUniqueId: I suspect a unique id for the associated pin
  • Fitted: ...wat?
  • Comment: self explanatory
• 44: a container of "models" aka record 45's - see below
• 45: appears to be a reference to which "model" a particular part can be represented by. Since this is just a possible model, the one actually selected for a given part will have the "ISCURRENT" flag set to "T"

Net Association

Altium seems to have a very very very bizarre way of designating or determining the designation of what is a net, and what's connected to that net.