No problem glad to help, but remember that if you ever upgrade kicad, that kicad.pro file will be replaced with a new one, so either remember to add your libs again, or keep a copy of kicad.pro somewhere safe.
Andy On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:11:26 -0000 "philippederenne" <philippe.dere...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Andy, > And thank you for giving a little bit of your time to me ;o) > I'm working with version 2010, and kicad.pro is located in share/template. > The trick your explained works perfectly ! > I opened kicad.pro, then eeschema, there I've set the libraries and paths, > and then I've the same thing done in pcbnew... works great ! > > Thank you ! > Phil. > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Andy Eskelson <andyya...@...> wrote: > > > > 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...@...> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
