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kicad:footprint_management [2013/06/26 03:27] – [Adding individual third-party footprints to system and third-party libraries] mithatkicad:footprint_management [2016/04/20 15:28] – [KiCad Footprint Management] mithat
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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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-**//Even though you can create/add/edit footprints in system and third-party libraries, you are strongly advised against making any changes to system and third-party libraries.//**+**Even though you can create/add/edit footprints in system and third-party libraries, you are strongly advised against making any changes to system and third-party libraries.**
  
 This is because when you update KiCad, there is a good chance that the system libraries will be overwritten, and you will lose any changes you have made to them. Similarly, if you download an update to a third-party library, you will lose the changes you have made to that library. This is because when you update KiCad, there is a good chance that the system libraries will be overwritten, and you will lose any changes you have made to them. Similarly, if you download an update to a third-party library, you will lose the changes you have made to that library.
kicad/footprint_management.txt · Last modified: 2018/09/09 14:12 by mithat

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