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--- kicad:schematic_symbol_management [2016/03/20 18:00] – [KICAD part generators] mithat
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 ====== KiCad Schematic Symbol Management ======
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-This article needs updating for KiCad 4.
+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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 KiCad places schematic symbols into //component libraries//. Component libraries use the ''.lib'' extension. One ''.lib'' file typically contains definitions for several (usually related) components.
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 KiCad uses the term "component" to mean "schematic symbol."
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 There are two kinds of libraries in KiCad: **component libraries** (i.e., schematic symbol libraries), which are stored in ''.lib'' files, and **footprint libraries**, which are stored in ''.mod'' files. Our concern here is with component libraries.
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 You should add new components only to user component libraries. See [[#User component libraries]] below.
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 **Even though you can import components 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 components and for making changes to components in system or third-party component libraries, it is highly recommended that you use only libraries you have created yourself---what we will call //user libraries//. In other words, you should create new components only in user libraries, and components in system and third-party libraries that you wish to change should first be copied to a user library and edited there.
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 **Even though you can create/add/edit components in system and third-party libraries, you are strongly advised against making any changes to system and third-party libraries.**