That's the way I do it: I created a schematics symbol library and a
footprint/module library where I put all my stuff in. As I am using
the fields in a different way anyway (all symbols with manufacturers
part numbers and fixed to a footprint) I am converting more and more
parts into my standard library, removing more and more KICAD
libraries from the list as they can interfere with my stuff when
having the same name. Works well so far with a few hundered
components in there yet.
Cheers, Heiko
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Dimitris Lampridis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:12:04 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3 Oct 2008 at 14:53, Martin Mortensen wrote:
I modified a part, (capacitor) added the value, part number,
etc.
fields and saved it in the local library. When I add it to the
schematic I only get the default fields not the ones I added.
What
am I missing here?
What is the best way to manage part information with kicad? I'm
used to a system with a part database where I can select the
part
from the database and the symbol comes into the schematic with
all
the data.
For each project, I make a schematic library and a mod
library. I
copy parts from the supplied library and modify as necessary to
the
new library I created. You should not modify supplied libraries
as
they may get overriden if you upgrade Kicad. I use field1 for the
part #(usually DigiKey, sometimes Mouser) and field2 for the cost.
If you fill in the footprint field, then cvprt will automatically
assign that footprint to your part.
Dave - WB6DHW
http://wb6dhw.com
I'm also still trying to figure out the best way to manage
efficiently my custom symbols and footprints. Your idea is nice
Dave,
but there is a logical gap I believe:
How do you manage to remember which project used what? If at a
certain
point you want to reuse something from your older projects, say an
already modified symbol, how do you figure out in which past
project
you created it?
There is also the kicad.pro template project. If you make new
libraries and add them to that project, then every new project
will inherit them automatically.
So in theory you could have a directory somewhere safe, away from
the built-in libraries, where you create all your custom libraries
and
add them to kicad.pro project.
Then another question is, can we put this directory and all its
library files under version control (like CVS)? If yes, then one
could
synchronize the libraries in his office PC with the ones in his home
PC, at the click of a button. Is there anything binary in library
files? I think I read on the wiki that everything is text, so
version
control would work like a charm, modifying the contents of the text
files with new component declarations.
Cheers,
Dimitris
