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Electronics => PCB/EDA/CAD => KiCad => Topic started by: fivefish on September 14, 2015, 01:42:19 am
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I downloaded the kicad extras file, unzipped it and copied all the files in it to the /Library/Application Support in my OSX.
But when I run pcbnew, I get this error message.
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/open-source-kicad-geda/missing-to_sot_packages_smd-pretty-to_sot_packages_tht-pretty/?action=dlattach;attach=171067;image)
I checked the directory and of course, the files werent there. That's the problem.
But kicad has an entry for these 2 files in it's fp-lib-table. So it's definitely expecting it to be there.
(lib (name TO_SOT_Packages_SMD)(type KiCad)(uri ${KISYSMOD}/TO_SOT_Packages_SMD.pretty)(options "")(descr "The way you like them."))
(lib (name TO_SOT_Packages_THT)(type KiCad)(uri ${KISYSMOD}/TO_SOT_Packages_THT.pretty)(options "")(descr "The way you like them."))
Are these 2 library files a separate download from the official kicad package?
By googling around, I found these files at
https://github.com/KiCad/TO_SOT_Packages_SMD.pretty (https://github.com/KiCad/TO_SOT_Packages_SMD.pretty)
https://github.com/KiCad/TO_SOT_Packages_THT.pretty (https://github.com/KiCad/TO_SOT_Packages_THT.pretty)
So what's the deal here? Why are these (2) .pretty files referenced in the official kicad fp-lib-table, but not included in the official distribution?
Should I:
a) delete these entries in the fp-lib-table
or
b) download these 2 files from github.
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b) download these 2 files from github.
I suppose that if you actually need those footprints, you should pull them from the git library.
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I recommend you ask in KiCad-users ML and KiCad.info.
Please paste your reply here too! ;)