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# WireViz
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## Summary
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WireViz is a tool for easily documenting cables, wiring harnesses and connector pinouts. It takes plain text, YAML-formatted files as input and produces beautiful graphical output (SVG, PNG, ...) thanks to [GraphViz](https://www.graphviz.org/). It handles automatic BOM (Bill of Materials) creation and has a lot of extra features.
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## Features
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* WireViz input files are fully text based
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* No special editor required
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* Human readable
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* Easy version control
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* YAML syntax
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* UTF-8 input and output files for special character support
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* Understands and uses color abbreviations as per [IEC 60757](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_color_code#Color_band_system) (black=BK, red=RD, ...)
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* Optionally outputs colors as abbreviation (e.g. 'YE'), full name (e.g. 'yellow') or hex value (e.g. '#ffff00'), with choice of UPPER or lower case
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* Auto-generates standard wire color schemes and allows custom ones if needed
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* [DIN 47100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_47100) (WT/BN/GN/YE/GY/PK/BU/RD/BK/VT/...)
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* [IEC 62](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_color_code#Color_band_system) (BN/RD/OR/YE/GN/BU/VT/GY/WT/BK/...)
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* [25 Pair Color Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25-pair_color_code#Color_coding) (BUWH/WHBU/OGWH/WHOG/GNWH/WHGN/BNWH/...)
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* [TIA/EIA 568 A/B](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIA/EIA-568#Wiring) (Subset of 25-Pair, used in CAT-5/6/...)
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* Understands wire gauge in mm² or AWG
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* Optionally auto-calculates equivalent gauge between mm² and AWG
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* Allows more than one connector per side, as well as loopbacks
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* Allows for easy-autorouting for 1-to-1 wiring
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* Generates BOM (Bill of Materials)
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_Note_: WireViz is not designed to represent the complete wiring of a system. Its main aim is to document the construction of individual wires and harnesses.
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## Installation
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WireWiz requires GraphViz to be installed in order to work. See the [GraphViz download page](https://graphviz.org/download/) for OS-specific instructions.
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Installation of the WireWiz package and its Python dependencies can be done using pip after cloning the repository:
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```
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git clone <repo url>
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cd <working copy>
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pip3 install -e .
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```
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## Examples
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### Demo 01
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[WireViz input file](examples/demo01.yml):
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```yaml
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connectors:
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X1:
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type: D-Sub
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subtype: female
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pinlabels: [DCD, RX, TX, DTR, GND, DSR, RTS, CTS, RI]
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X2:
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type: Molex KK 254
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subtype: female
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pinlabels: [GND, RX, TX]
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cables:
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W1:
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gauge: 0.25 mm2
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length: 0.2
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color_code: DIN
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wirecount: 3
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shield: true
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connections:
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- X1: [5,2,3]
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- W1: [1,2,3]
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- X2: [1,3,2]
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- X1: 5
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- W1: s
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```
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Output file:
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[Bill of Materials](examples/demo01.bom.tsv) (auto-generated)
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### Demo 02
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[Source](examples/demo02.yml) - [Bill of Materials](examples/demo02.bom.tsv)
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### Tutorial and example gallery
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See the [tutorial page](tutorial/readme.md) for sample code,
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as well as the [example gallery](examples/readme.md) to see more of what WireViz can do.
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## Usage
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```
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$ wireviz ~/path/to/file/mywire.yml
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```
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This will output the following files
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```
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mywire.gv GraphViz output
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mywire.svg Wiring diagram as vector image
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mywire.png Wiring diagram as raster image
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mywire.bom.tsv BOM (bill of materials) as tab-separated text file
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mywire.html HTML page with wiring diagram and BOM embedded
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```
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### (Re-)Building the example projects
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If you would like to rebuild all of the included demos, examples and tutorials, use the ```build_examples.py``` script:
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```cd src/wireviz
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./build_examples.py
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```
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## Changelog
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See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
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## Status
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This is very much a [work in progress](https://github.com/formatc1702/WireViz/projects/1). Source code, API, syntax and functionality may change wildly at any time.
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## Requirements
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Developed and tested using Python 3.7; might not work with older Python versions.
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS users in particular may need to separately install Python 3.7 or above, as that comes with Python 3.6 as the included system Python install.
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## License
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[GPL-3.0](LICENSE)
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