kicad:footprint_management
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kicad:footprint_management [2013/06/26 02:50] – [System footprint libraries] mithat | kicad:footprint_management [2016/04/20 15:28] – [KiCad Footprint Management] mithat | ||
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====== KiCad Footprint Management ====== | ====== KiCad Footprint Management ====== | ||
+ | <WRAP center round important 60%> | ||
+ | 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. | ||
+ | </ | ||
===== Footprints, modules, libraries ===== | ===== Footprints, modules, libraries ===== | ||
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<WRAP center round tip 60%> | <WRAP center round tip 60%> | ||
- | There are two kinds of libraries in KiCad: **footprint libraries**, | + | There are two kinds of libraries in KiCad: **footprint libraries**, |
</ | </ | ||
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==== Adding a third-party footprint library to a project ==== | ==== 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 '' | - Place the '' | ||
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In addition to distributing collections of footprints in libraries (stored in '' | In addition to distributing collections of footprints in libraries (stored in '' | ||
- | //**Even though you can import | + | You should add new footprints |
- | Instead, | + | <WRAP center round important 60%> |
+ | **Even though | ||
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+ | This is because when you update KiCad, there is a good chance that the system | ||
+ | </ | ||
===== User footprint libraries ===== | ===== User footprint 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// | ||
- | //**Even though you can create/ | + | <WRAP center round important 60%> |
+ | **Even though you can create/ | ||
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+ | This is because when you update KiCad, there is a good chance that the system libraries will be overwritten, | ||
+ | </ | ||
==== The Module Editor ==== | ==== The Module Editor ==== |
kicad/footprint_management.txt · Last modified: 2018/09/09 14:12 by mithat