How to use Kicad's revision with Aisler's revision

Hi,

The handling of revisions confuses me since the dawn of the push plugin.

Aisler does not use the Kicad revision field but attaches its own revision. First time you push a file it gets Revision 1, second push gets Revision 2 and so on, regardless of the revision set in Kicad. This Aisler generated revision is not sent back to the PCB editor, f.i. in a comment field like is done with the “AISLER Project ID: TWBPWVAF” in comment 4.

This means I end up with a PCB file that has a revision that does not necessarily reflect the Aisler revision.

Ideally I would like to see Aisler use the Kicad revision field, if filled in. That would get me a better control of which revision is used and also makes sure the Kicad variable ${REVISION} is printed correctly on the silkscreen. If using the Kicad revision is not possible it would be nice to at least get the Aisler revision back in a comment field after the push.

If I am completely missing the point of how handling revisions was meant to work please enlighten me :grinning_face:

Hi there,

this is indeed a valid point you’re making here. Let me briefly check if it is possible to set the KiCad revision as AISLER revision. This way around would make most sense, I guess.
Will get back to you ASAP.

Cheers,
Patrick