Creating bot a Part (Eeschema component) and a Module (PCBnew footprint) is fairly simple, see step 180 in the tutorial, which deals with creating simple connector footprint.
There is a lot more detail in the main help files for Eeschema and PCBnew. section 11.4.1 in the Eeschema help deals with components Section 11 in the pcbnew help deals with modules DO work through the tutorial a few times. Kicad is not hard, but like most systems it does need a bit of practise. Start by copying an existing component/module and experiment modifying it. Once you get comfortable doing that you can design your own parts and modules. There is a LARGE number of libs and mods available on the net, start here: http://www.kicadlib.org/ The search link at the bottom of that page is also useful. Andy On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:16:47 -0000 "fictish2000" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Is their a good help to show you how to add a component > > I like videos my self > > with out this option in KitCad its extremely limited > and some how we have to create a better library system > the range of components is enormous > > FreePCB I have found much easier to get going, but I use KiCad to print the > freepcb file out with. simply because I cannot create new components easily > in kitCad. And the wizard in freepcb is a good idea too. > > Lex > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
