Automatic placement of the switches footprints on a pcb

[Supermagnum]

Since the position of the holes for the switches is known, there should be possible to add a utility that places the footprints of the switches on a PCB according to the geometric layout of the keyboard halves. Placement on the pins for ALPS switches: https://matias.ca/switches/click/blueprints/3.jpg Cherry switches: https://www.cherrymx.de/en/dev.html

Hybrid footprints for Kicad ( he should have used a oval hole, its easy to spot where ) https://github.com/ai03-2725/MX_Alps_Hybrid

Kicad has a python API: https://docs.kicad-pcb.org/master/en/plugins/plugins.html