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Hi, I have a personal footprint library that is used in a project. I have added a new footprint and closed and reopened the schematic editor but when I try to assign the new footprint the library

Hi David, You should always supply the fab with a mechanical drawing or fab drawing of your PCB. This is where you will specify the dimensions and tolerances. This drawing should also contain a drill

It's in your fabrication notes, we have a whole block of notes on the fabrication layer.? Not saying anyone reads them, but the instructions are there.

I do not use KiCAD, but when you send your gerbers to the fab house, be sure to inform them of what you need. Most will be glad to assist. May cost a bit more to deal with edge plating. I use

Oh and one other thing ... how do I specify gold plating on the connector in KiCad ?? Dave

I need to make a board with a PCB edge connector - I have the footprint for the pads OK - but how do I define the chamfer edge on the connector ?? Or is this a case of just telling the foundry what I

On further review I see that the dimensions are correct.? Don't understand how I made such an error especially since I checked a few times. But today its seems all is good. My other error was looking

Which SOT143 footprint? In the Package_TO_SOT_SMD.pretty footprint library, there are 4 SOT143 footprints. SOT143s are used for all kinds of devices, not just MOSFETs. My copy of the library?SOT143

I've just noticed that the SOT143 4 footprint is too large and drain is on the wrong tab. I thought I read a while back that the error was corrected. From what I see its not.? I'm using ver7.? Not

You can design shapes in FreeCAD and then integrate with KiCAD if that helps. There is a plugin for FreeCAD.

I'll be honest and say I'd never tried this before, either, but it's a new feature I think. In the past, I've imported complex PCB outlines as DXFs, which is still possible. Both options are better

Thank you Tony. I did try it before posting and as the edge cut layer is an outline it was possible to select all of it rather than each segment. After appling the fillet command, all the 90 degree

Did you try it? I find that's the easiest way to answer questions like this. Spoiler: yes, it does work. You need to select each segment to include before executing "Fillet". -- Regards, Tony

Hi. I'm new to KiCad and have version 7 set up with Win 11. My board is essentially square but the outline needs a number of cut outs to allow cables to run through. I need to make all the 90 degree

I'm trying to simulate a transformer-like situation using two coupled inductors. In SPICE this is done with a 'K' statement indicating the two inductors to be coupled amongst other things. My question

Is there a way in PcbNew to define footprint properties in terms of, or relative to, other properties or parameters? I started out working out my X and Y positions by hand, on paper. When that grew

If Kicad 7 works, why not just import the libraries in Kicad 7? They are just text files, like all Kicad files. Otherwise bring your libraries to a PC not running garbage anti-virus and move the

You should be able to tell any AV software to leave certain files/directories alone. Also as said inn the next post the files should be quarenteened not deleted. If you AV sox cannot do this then

The problem may be with either Trellis (most likely) or KiCad. First, report your problem to Trellis. Security software have no business to delete files, only quarantine them, because false positive