Personal footprint library: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:11, 11 April 2017

Make a new project

Open the footprint editor (it will say no active library and you cannot save anything)

just choose a random library

Select: Save current libary as (and choose a filepatch and name for it. so you can find it again)

Go to "board view" and choose in Preferences -> Footprint library manager

add you custom library at the bottom, give it a good name and the location on your drive

Close KiCAD and Restart. Go to Board view and try "Add footprint", choose "Select by browser" and find your custom library.

Done! if you have all these footpring from your random choice above. go to the location and just delete all you don't want.

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-<gallery mode="packed-hover" width=320px>
+Make a new project
-File:ScreenSiech_366.jpg
-File:ScreenSiech_367.jpg
+[[File:ScreenSiech_366.jpg|600px]]
-File:ScreenSiech_368.jpg
-File:ScreenSiech_369.jpg
+Open the footprint editor (it will say no active library and you cannot save anything)
-File:ScreenSiech_370.jpg
-File:ScreenSiech_371.jpg
+[[File:ScreenSiech_367.jpg|600px]]
-File:ScreenSiech_372.jpg
-</gallery>
+just choose a random library
+[[File:ScreenSiech_368.jpg|600px]]
+Select: Save current libary as (and choose a filepatch and name for it. so you can find it again)
+[[File:ScreenSiech_369.jpg|600px]]
+Go to "board view" and choose in Preferences -> Footprint library manager
+[[File:ScreenSiech_370.jpg|600px]]
+add you custom library at the bottom, give it a good name and the location on your drive
+[[File:ScreenSiech_371.jpg|600px]]
+Close KiCAD and Restart. Go to Board view and try "Add footprint", choose "Select by browser" and find your custom library.
+[[File:ScreenSiech_372.jpg|600px]]
+Done! if you have all these footpring from your random choice above. go to the location and just delete all you don't want.
+[[File:ScreenSiech_373.jpg|600px]]