[PCB Print] Added option to configure the forced edge color.

Closes #281

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   KiCad bug [11562](https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/11562)
 - Internal BoM: KiCad 6 text variables expansion in the fields (#247)
 - Compress: Option to store symlinks. (See #265)
+- PCB Print: Option to configure the forced edge color. (#281)
 
 ### Fixed
 - OAR computation (Report) (#225)

README.md

@@ -2227,6 +2227,7 @@ Notes:
         - `dnf_filter`: [string|list(string)='_none'] Name of the filter to mark components as not fitted.
                         A short-cut to use for simple cases where a variant is an overkill.
         - `drill_marks`: [string='full'] [none,small,full] What to use to indicate the drill places, can be none, small or full (for real scale).
+        - `forced_edge_cuts_color`: [string=''] Color used for the `force_edge_cuts` option.
         - `frame_plot_mechanism`: [string='internal'] [gui,internal,plot] Plotting the frame from Python is problematic.
                                   This option selects a workaround strategy.
                                   gui: uses KiCad GUI to do it. Is slow but you get the correct frame.

docs/samples/generic_plot.kibot.yaml

@@ -1090,6 +1090,8 @@ outputs:
       drill_marks: 'full'
       # [boolean=false] Add the `Edge.Cuts` to all the pages
       force_edge_cuts: false
+      # [string=''] Color used for the `force_edge_cuts` option
+      forced_edge_cuts_color: ''
       # [string='PDF'] [PDF,SVG,PNG,EPS,PS] Format for the output file/s.
       # Note that for PS you need `ghostscript` which isn't part of the default docker images
       format: 'PDF'

kibot/out_pcb_print.py

@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ class PCB_PrintOptions(VariantOptions):
             """ Store the temporal page and layer files in the output dir and don't delete them """
             self.force_edge_cuts = False
             """ *Add the `Edge.Cuts` to all the pages """
+            self.forced_edge_cuts_color = ''
+            """ Color used for the `force_edge_cuts` option """
             self.scaling = 1.0
             """ *Default scale factor (0 means autoscaling)"""
             self.realistic_solder_mask = True
@@ -303,6 +305,8 @@ class PCB_PrintOptions(VariantOptions):
                 self.validate_color(member)
             else:
                 setattr(self, member, getattr(self._color_theme, color))
+        if self.forced_edge_cuts_color:
+            self.validate_color('forced_edge_cuts_color')
         if self.frame_plot_mechanism == 'plot' and GS.ki5:
             raise KiPlotConfigurationError("You can't use `plot` for `frame_plot_mechanism` with KiCad 5. It will crash.")
         KiConf.init(GS.pcb_file)
@@ -921,11 +925,14 @@ class PCB_PrintOptions(VariantOptions):
         if self.force_edge_cuts:
             edge_layer = LayerOptions.create_layer('Edge.Cuts')
             edge_id = edge_layer._id
-            layer_id2color = self._color_theme.layer_id2color
+            if self.forced_edge_cuts_color:
-            if edge_id in layer_id2color:
+                edge_layer.color = self.forced_edge_cuts_color
-                edge_layer.color = layer_id2color[edge_id]
             else:
-                edge_layer.color = "#000000"
+                layer_id2color = self._color_theme.layer_id2color
+                if edge_id in layer_id2color:
+                    edge_layer.color = layer_id2color[edge_id]
+                else:
+                    edge_layer.color = "#000000"
         # Generate the output, page by page
         pages = []
         for n, p in enumerate(self.pages):