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Electronics => PCB/EDA/CAD => KiCad => Topic started by: XFDDesign on July 16, 2018, 02:12:52 pm

Title: Is there a file which tells KiCad what libraries to load in by default?
Post by: XFDDesign on July 16, 2018, 02:12:52 pm
It isn't a huge ordeal, but I find it annoying that each time I start a new KiCad project it default assigns the highly non-preferred KiCad included libraries for both EESchema and PCBNew. I'm curious where it's pulling this from, and whether I could modify the file (if it exists) to point to my own libraries by default instead?
Title: Re: Is there a file which tells KiCad what libraries to load in by default?
Post by: hermit on July 16, 2018, 02:51:27 pm
What version of Kicad and what operating system?  The Kicad librarians are regular members/contributers at:

https://forum.kicad.info

One of the librarians has done several FAQ's that you could check there.
Title: Re: Is there a file which tells KiCad what libraries to load in by default?
Post by: XFDDesign on July 16, 2018, 03:31:29 pm
Win 10 / KiCad 4.0.7.

I will give the site a look, thanks!
Title: Re: Is there a file which tells KiCad what libraries to load in by default?
Post by: donotdespisethesnake on July 16, 2018, 08:47:53 pm
Wrt to 4.0.7, for eeschema, the list of default libs is in kicad.pro, which is in C:\Program Files\KiCad\share\kicad\template

For pcbnew, the list of default libs is the footprint library table, pcbnew->Preferences->Manage Footprint Libraries.
Title: Re: Is there a file which tells KiCad what libraries to load in by default?
Post by: hermit on July 17, 2018, 01:05:40 am
Quote from: XFDDesign on July 16, 2018, 03:31:29 pm
Win 10 / KiCad 4.0.7.

I will give the site a look, thanks!
If you plan on continuing with KiCad I think that's wise.  It is growing in activity lately.
Title: Re: Is there a file which tells KiCad what libraries to load in by default?
Post by: XFDDesign on July 17, 2018, 06:32:21 pm
Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on July 16, 2018, 08:47:53 pm
Wrt to 4.0.7, for eeschema, the list of default libs is in kicad.pro, which is in C:\Program Files\KiCad\share\kicad\template

For pcbnew, the list of default libs is the footprint library table, pcbnew->Preferences->Manage Footprint Libraries.
Perfect. That actually turned out to be far more useful than I expected. I can plug in all my vendor defaults now. XD