Hello, Instead of "insert module into current board" save it in an existing or a new library with its new name "CP8XX". Then, in pcbnew, edit the module "CP8", click on "change module(s)" and type the name of the new module, say "CP8XX".
The module should have been changed. In order to use a module in pcbnew, it must belong to a library. Regards, Pedro. > Hi, > > I just started using KiCAD, and I got into a problem that appears to be a bug in the PCB module editor. (Searching the Internet for more than an hour didn't give any answers.) > > Documentation says it is possible to create a new module (footprint) by not doing it from scratch but rather by using an existing one as starting point. So this is what I did: > > I have an empty board. I start the module editor, where I load the module "CP8" from one of the libraries (that's just an example). I want to make a new module based on that. So I make some modifications and I also change the "Reference" text field to "CP8XX"-it's supposed to be a new module. > Finally, I "insert module into current board". It appears on the board. > > However, when I left-click on the module in the board, I see in the bottom part of the window that it still has the name "CP8". Changing the Reference field _did not_ change the module name. When I now archive this board into a new library, my shiny new module appears as "CP8" there, not as "CP8XX". > > Does anyone here know more about this? > Any help is appreciated. > > Best Regards, > Mathias > > >
