Perhaps it would be a good idea to link to the specific tutorial here. It can sometimes be hard to find documentation (at the moment I'm slowly compiling a list of Kicad resources, having used this wonderful software on a good few projects).
best wishes Martin Dan Andersson <[email protected]> writes: > 3 Hours! > > Download the tutorial for making your own modules/symbols. 2 minutes > > Go thru the tutorial. 10 minutes > > Make your own symbol and module. 5 minutes > > These 17 minutes are an investment well worth your time! > > Sorry if this sounds rude, it's not my intention! > > The symbol/module editor of KiCad is one of the best I've seen - even compared > with the really really expensive schematic capture/PCB design softwares. It's > really intuitive and easy to use. It's one of the strengths with KiCad. > > I do really (!) recommend you to look in the tutorial and after your first > symbol/module design, you have not problems with parts anymore. > > You can of course translate Orcads symbols but you just postpone the day when > you have to add a new part, not depending on Orcad, just the datasheet from > the supplier. > > If everyone of the KiCad users adhered to this, we would soon find Orcad and > other commercial packages looking at KiCad symbols... :) > > //Dan, M0DFI > > On Friday 13 February 2009 22:03:27 vincetatator wrote: >> Hello Kicad users, >> >> I'm trying to use Kicad for the first time. >> >> I don't find a kicad library for a component (lm3s6918 from luminary >> micro) i want to use. I found a library for Altium, for Orcad, for >> PADS logic but not for Kicad. >> >> >> I spend 3 hours looking for a way to convert an orcad library to a >> kicad one without success. >> >> Is it possible to do that? >> >> I'm using ubuntu 8.10, kicad 2007-11-29, and I can't use Orcad in my >> job office. >> >> Thanks a lot. >> >> Vincent > >
