- Installation PCBNEW
2.1 - Installation
of the software
- The installation procedure is described in
the kicad documentation.
2.2 - Modifying
the default configuration
- A default configuration
file: kicad.pro is provided in kicad/template.
It is used as the initial configuration for all
new projects.
- This configuration file can be modified,
generally to change the list of libraries.
-
- To do this:
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Launch pcbnew using kicad or
directly (c:\kicad\winexe\pcbnew.exe).
(Linux:
run /usr/local/kicad/linux/kicad or
/usr/local/kicad/linux/pcbnew).
- Select Preferences - Libs and Dir.
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Edit as required.
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Save the modified configuration (Save Cfg)
to kicad/template/kicad.pro.