> It would be good if this went a step further along the line of your > thoughts: That used library parts become part of the schematic (and > maybe layout as well). This is what Eagle does. Very nice: I receive a > schematic from someone else to check, it loads 100% correct because all > the lib parts are inside the file. Regardless of my own libraries. You > can even extract the lib parts from that schematic if you wanted to. > > [...] > > -- > Regards, Joerg > > http://www.analogconsultants.com/ > > "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. > Use another domain or send PM.
Kicad saves a file called projectname.cache.lib which is a backup of the components used in the project. If I understand the system correctly, the board file contains copies of the modules, so you do have all the parts needed. If you open the module editor you can load a module from the current board, and with the lib editor you can select the projectname.cache.lib I expect these files are included when you archive a project (I've never done that) I normally simple save the entrire project directory and move that around. (I also prefer to make a directory for each project rather than put lots of projects into a single directory, I find that makes things easier to manage. Andy
