bear in mind that I am still using the 2009 version so file locations make have changed...
under the kicad tree thee is a template directory, in there you will find kicad.pro Unfortunately in my sytsem I also have a kicad.pro in share/template this may be a left-over from a previous install. So I am not 100% sure which one you need to edit. Open up kicad.pro just as you would with any other project, then add whatever libs you need and resave as kicad.pro This should then become the default settings for any new project. The libs are cached (in the case of eeschema) into the project, and modules are included into the PCBnew file so that the project is independent of any external libs. This can be a bit of a life saver if you overwrite your libs/modules with an update, which is why you should maintain your own libs elsewhere :-) Remember that the kicad files are simple text files, so if you open up the .pro, .sch, .brd files you can see exactly what the settings are. Andy On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:48:52 -0000 "philippederenne" <philippe.dere...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I've been using Eagle for years, but I think Kicad is a great product, so I'm > trying to switch to it. However, I've got a question... > > In Kicad, the libraries and the paths to find those libraries seem to be > linked individualy to each project. > Is there a way to define default libraries and paths, to avoid redefining the > same things over and over for each and every new project ? > Thank you for your help ! > Phil. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
