Sorry that was my fault I missed out the ADD command. Hover the mouse over the buttons and you will see the difference...
Add inserts the lib before the selected lib, Ins adds the lib after the selected lib. Hover the mouse over the buttons and you should see a short description. Open eeschema, a blank project will do. select preferences > library > Add <<<<<<<<<< this is what I missed Navigate to your new library and click open (open is on the file selector window that add opens up.) If by Library formats you are referring to the Netlist formats list to the left of the main library list selector, then that is to enable the generated netlist to be read by other programs. The library path is if you store the libs somewhere else other than the default. Andy On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:26:29 +0200 ehydra <[email protected]> wrote: > OK. See *** below > > Andy Eskelson schrieb: > > No, that should work OK. > > > > The libs are only text files. > > > > Open one up using a test editor and you will see things like: > > > > ESchema-LIBRARY Version 2.3 Date: 07/03/2009 20:32:54 > > # > > # 7SEG-4DIGIT > > # > > DEF 7SEG-4DIGIT IND 0 40 Y Y 1 F N > > F0 "IND" 400 1050 60 H V C CNN > > F1 "7SEG-4DIGIT" -400 1050 60 H V C CNN > > DRAW > > P 3 0 1 20 390 910 500 910 500 910 F > > P 5 0 1 20 -160 910 -190 730 -190 730 -190 720 -190 720 F > > P 3 0 1 20 -200 510 -90 510 -90 510 F > > C -20 520 22 0 1 20 F > > .... > > > > > > > > To be 100% sure try this: > > > > > > Copy the lib and save as a different name. (bear in mind the problem of > > re-installation wiping changes) > > > > Open eeschema, a blank project will do. > > select preferences > library > > Naviigate to your new library and click open > > There is no open! All I can find is: > Save Cfg > Del > Add > Ins > > So what is the difference between Add and Ins? > > Why it is possible to change the lib format? I thougth kicad has one > format only. > > And what is the 'Library files path'? It is empty. > > > Hm. Confused. > - Henry > > > > Save the project > > > > Open library editor > > Select working library (second icon on top bar) > > You should see your new lib in the list somewhere > > select it > > > > select component to edit (5th icon on top bar) > > That should bring up a list of the parts in your library. > > select one and make a change, save it. Useing the save current loaded > > library (first icon on top bar) > > > > If that works everything should work > > > > (you do a similar process for modules in PCBnew) > > > > Remember that the lib is only loaded in the current project, if you > > change the project the lib will need to be added to that project. > > > > -- > ehydra.dyndns.info > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
