[kicad-users] Re: Libraries paths - default libraries
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 - 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
Re: [kicad-users] Re: Libraries paths - default libraries
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 - 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 - 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
[kicad-users] Re: Libraries
No, it's a case of US and rest-of-the-world. As an American, I don't give a rat's ass what some standards committee says (especially if they're in another country), I prefer the zigzag resistors and other US-preferred symbols, and apparently most other Americans do too, as these symbols are still predominately used here. Personally, I created my own symbols and saved them in my own personal library. It doesn't take long to draw a zigzag resistor symbol in Kicad. Besides, standards committees are basically useless. Just look at how useless the ISO was when MS came in and paid off a bunch of European countries to approve their broken OOXML standard. Standards committees and their recommendations should be taken with a large grain of salt. Dan --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, nonuckingfumber ir...@... wrote: I don't think it is so much a case of US and the rest of the world, as it is with imperial measurements, it is a case of old and new. The symbols you talk about such as the zig zag resistors where in widespread use everywhere. But times and styles have changed, the symbology normaly used in KiCAD and elsewhere roughly comforms to the IEC standards.
[kicad-users] Re: Libraries
Thanks Dan. Would you care to share that library? I mainly dislike the resistors and caps (no curved plate). Doug --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Dan dan...@... wrote: No, it's a case of US and rest-of-the-world. As an American, I don't give a rat's ass what some standards committee says (especially if they're in another country), I prefer the zigzag resistors and other US-preferred symbols, and apparently most other Americans do too, as these symbols are still predominately used here. Personally, I created my own symbols and saved them in my own personal library. It doesn't take long to draw a zigzag resistor symbol in Kicad. Besides, standards committees are basically useless. Just look at how useless the ISO was when MS came in and paid off a bunch of European countries to approve their broken OOXML standard. Standards committees and their recommendations should be taken with a large grain of salt. Dan --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, nonuckingfumber irwin@ wrote: I don't think it is so much a case of US and the rest of the world, as it is with imperial measurements, it is a case of old and new. The symbols you talk about such as the zig zag resistors where in widespread use everywhere. But times and styles have changed, the symbology normaly used in KiCAD and elsewhere roughly comforms to the IEC standards.
[kicad-users] Re: Libraries
Maybe you can find what you want here : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/4373 Look at the diy_rlc.lib in the libraries zip file. You can see what some of the the symbols look like there : http://vkoeppel.free.fr/files/diy/libs.svg --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Doug dsc3...@... wrote: Thanks Dan. Would you care to share that library? I mainly dislike the resistors and caps (no curved plate). Doug --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Dan daniel@ wrote: No, it's a case of US and rest-of-the-world. As an American, I don't give a rat's ass what some standards committee says (especially if they're in another country), I prefer the zigzag resistors and other US-preferred symbols, and apparently most other Americans do too, as these symbols are still predominately used here. Personally, I created my own symbols and saved them in my own personal library. It doesn't take long to draw a zigzag resistor symbol in Kicad. Besides, standards committees are basically useless. Just look at how useless the ISO was when MS came in and paid off a bunch of European countries to approve their broken OOXML standard. Standards committees and their recommendations should be taken with a large grain of salt. Dan --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, nonuckingfumber irwin@ wrote: I don't think it is so much a case of US and the rest of the world, as it is with imperial measurements, it is a case of old and new. The symbols you talk about such as the zig zag resistors where in widespread use everywhere. But times and styles have changed, the symbology normaly used in KiCAD and elsewhere roughly comforms to the IEC standards.
[kicad-users] Re: Libraries
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Doug dsc3...@... wrote: New to Kicad but had used Orcad for many years. Is there a more US like device library that uses resistor, ground, etc. symbols? Yhe square box resistors just don't look right! Doug I don't think it is so much a case of US and the rest of the world, as it is with imperial measurements, it is a case of old and new. The symbols you talk about such as the zig zag resistors where in widespread use everywhere. But times and styles have changed, the symbology normaly used in KiCAD and elsewhere roughly comforms to the IEC standards.
[kicad-users] Re: Libraries!!!!!
I will answer myself... After searching a lot throught the net I found the answer. At least with Vista is not good enought to copy and paste the .lib file into the kicad/library/ archive. After that you will have to add the new library to the existing ones. You can do so by opening EESchema, go to preferences, then libsdir and click on the Add button. You will have to browse for your file and it will be added to the list. Now you can start working with that library. :-)
[kicad-users] Re: Libraries!!!!!
Thanks for the answers, I´ve tried to copy and paste a .lib file into kicak/library, but I can´t see the library when I try to open it with eeschema... The library is the o-analog conversion from Orcad that any can find in the web
