kicad:footprint_management
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====== KiCad Footprint Management ====== | ====== KiCad Footprint Management ====== | ||
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+ | The stuff here was written for versions of KiCad preceding 4.0. The latest versions of KiCad have introduced new library management features, rendering some of what follows obsolete. | ||
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===== Footprints, modules, libraries ===== | ===== Footprints, modules, libraries ===== | ||
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KiCad places footprints into **footprint libraries**. Footprint libraries use the '' | KiCad places footprints into **footprint libraries**. Footprint libraries use the '' | ||
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KiCad uses the term " | KiCad uses the term " | ||
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There are two kinds of libraries in KiCad: **footprint libraries**, | There are two kinds of libraries in KiCad: **footprint libraries**, | ||
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You should add new footprints only to user footprint libraries. See [[#User footprint libraries]] and [[#Adding existing footprints to an existing user library]] below. | You should add new footprints only to user footprint libraries. See [[#User footprint libraries]] and [[#Adding existing footprints to an existing user library]] below. | ||
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**Even though you can import footprints into system and third-party libraries, you are strongly advised against making any changes to system and third-party libraries.** | **Even though you can import footprints into system and third-party libraries, you are strongly advised against making any changes to system and third-party libraries.** | ||
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For creating new footprints and for making changes to footprints in system or third-party footprint libraries, it is highly recommended that you use only libraries you have created yourself---what we will call //user libraries// | For creating new footprints and for making changes to footprints in system or third-party footprint libraries, it is highly recommended that you use only libraries you have created yourself---what we will call //user libraries// | ||
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**Even though you can create/ | **Even though you can create/ | ||
kicad/footprint_management.1372217264.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/06/26 03:27 by mithat