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--- kicad:footprint_management [2013/06/26 02:50] – [System footprint libraries] mithat
+++ kicad:footprint_management [2013/06/26 02:59] – [Footprints, modules, libraries] mithat
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-There are two kinds of libraries in KiCad: **footprint libraries**, which are stored in ''.mod'' files, and **component libraries** (i.e., schematic symbol libraries), which are stored in ''.lib'' files. Our concern here is with footprint libraries (stored in ''.mod'' files).
+There are two kinds of libraries in KiCad: **footprint libraries**, which are stored in ''.mod'' files, and **component libraries** (i.e., schematic symbol libraries), which are stored in ''.lib'' files. Our concern here is with footprint libraries.
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 ==== Adding a third-party footprint library to a project ====
-To use a third-party footprint library in your project, you must first make the library available to the project.((There is probably a way to configure KiCad to include access to additional libraries in new projects by default. I have yet to learn how to do it.))  The procedure is as follows:
+To use a third-party footprint library in your project, you must first make the library available to the project.((There is probably a way to configure KiCad to include access to additional libraries in new projects by default, but I have not yet looked into this.))  The procedure is as follows:
   - Place the ''.mod'' file in a location that makes sense.((It might make sense for you to create a file system outside your project for libraries, for example a folder called "kicad-libraries" that contains two additional folders: "third-party" and "personal".))