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Re: Reference Designator vs ${REFERENCE}


 

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One, including the value, is to co-relate to the schematic, and might not obviously or unambiguously relate to the location. The other, the plain 'R14' located within the outline, is to show for certain which part goes there during assembly (population).

On 2024-07-02 23:10, Richie wrote:
Hi,

I'm somewhat new to Kicad and PCB design for that matter.? When placing footprints on the PCB it seems that the Footprint Properties by default have both a "Reference Designator" and an unamed property who's value is ${RFERENCE} [screen shot attached] which seem to equate to the same thing on the resulting PCB [screen shot attached].? Are both of these needed?? I know I can turn off the "show" property for one of them -- but I'm wondering how they different, if both are actually needed, and if not is there a "bulk" update I can do to hide either one of them across all the footprints without having to click into each footprint?? ??

Thank you,
-richie
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