ltc.mborn wrote: > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > > You need to save the new module from the module editor using a new name. It also must be saved in one of the libraries you have configured in PCBNew.
Dave - WB6DHW <http://wb6dhw.com>
