BOM export of fields containing mixed values should contain something more useful than "-- mixed values --"
Description
Use case: My BOM export template does not discriminate the footprint field, thus, when I export it, I do not desire to have multiple components with multiple identical part number to shorten the BOM. THerefore, if I have for example two resistors of idential specifications, but one of the footprints is for hand soldering, I expect to see in the BOM of the footprint Resistor_SMD:R_0805_2012Metric*
, where the asterisk signifies the wildcard for _Pad0.98x0.95mm_HandSolder
in this case.
Would it be that hard to implement? Maybe with a toggle button to enable this feature would be great. If visibility is a problem, maybe the wildcard could be replaced by (_Pad0.98x0.95mm_HandSolder)
to signify an optional/extra text.
Steps to reproduce
KiCad Version
Application: KiCad x64 on x64
Version: 8.99.0-535-g2123e2ca9c, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.4
FreeType 2.13.2
HarfBuzz 8.3.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
Platform: Windows 11 (build 22631), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.84.0
OCC: 7.7.1
Curl: 8.6.0-DEV
ngspice: 42
Compiler: Visual C++ 1936 without C++ ABI
Build settings: