The manuals are all under usr/local/kicad/doc or kicad/doc depending on your OS. See section 11.11 in the pcbnew pdf file.
The help files are much more detailed than the tutorial, and they are worth a read. You can also access the manual for each program via the help menu, it's the same file. Don't forget that kicad is a multi-OS system, so whatever is done has to work on both linux and MS windows, that makes things a little bit more complex :-) Also in the help folder there is footprints_doc which are printouts of the provided modules. You can also access this from cvpcb Andy On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:04:04 +0100 "Stephrac74" <stephra...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Ok, I hadn’t understood that it was possible to generate the lib from the > dump. That’s a way then. > > Your right, it’s not an easy way, but I’m going to look at this documentation > which explains the method. It’s probably in the manual or in the Kicad files… > > > > Damn isn’t there a software guy in the group able to create a windows tool > for lib management ? ;-) > > > > > > Stephane > > > > De : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kicad-us...@yahoogroups.com] De la > part de Andy Eskelson > Envoyé : mercredi 13 janvier 2010 02:41 > À : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com > Objet : Re: [kicad-users] Tool for library management > > > > > > Hi Stephane, > > That is sort of what the system does. > > Dump the modules onto a page, and get rid of the modules you don't want. > (or move them to other pages) > > Then you can use: > > file > archive footprints > create footprint archive > > which will create a new footprint library for you, from the modules on > the page. > > As time progresses you can add modules to the page when you need to, then > regenerate the library again. > > This means that the page with the footprints on them becomes the main > library source. I admit that is seems an odd method to use, but it is > pretty easy, and you automatically get some documentation to print out if > needed. > > Andy > > On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:55:57 +0100 > "Stephrac74" <stephra...@wanadoo.fr <mailto:stephrac74%40wanadoo.fr> > wrote: > > > Hi Andy, > > > > > > > > Yes I’ve seen this method but regarding the number of components in lib, I > > guess this method would not suit in my case… My aim is to pick up some > > components I’m usually using from other libs and copy into my own lib. Thus > > I would be able to organize my libs as I think they should be… > > > > > > > > I’m really surprised that there isn’t any tool which ease the lib > > management (display, copy, erase, …) That’s really a needed feature. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best > > > > Stephane > > > > > > > > De : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com> > > ] De la part de Andy Eskelson > > Envoyé : mardi 12 janvier 2010 22:49 > > À : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com> > > Objet : Re: [kicad-users] Tool for library management > > > > > > > > > > > > Have you found the pdf file of the standard module library, and seen the > > suggested method of maintaining your own libs by creating a dummy board > > layout (section 11.10 in the pcbnew help file) > > > > I find that works better than trying to browse through things on screen > > as it gives me a better idea as to sizes. > > > > andy > > > > On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:02:33 +0100 > > "Stephrac74" <stephra...@wanadoo.fr <mailto:stephrac74%40wanadoo.fr> > > <mailto:stephrac74%40wanadoo.fr> > wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you know a tool in order to manage the libs easily under Windows ? > > > > > > I’ve tested the Vermod, Mod2mod, Verlibr and Lib2lib which unfortunately > > > are > > > in Portugese or so and do not accept the converted libs. > > > > > > > > > > > > Until now in order to find a component or footprint, the only way I’ve > > > founded is to add manually the libs and to browse thru the lib editor or > > > add > > > component tool…. That’s definitely not efficient ! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Stephane > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a été contrôlé par l'anti-virus mail. > > Aucun virus connu à ce jour par nos services n'a été détecté. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a été contrôlé par l'anti-virus mail. > Aucun virus connu à ce jour par nos services n'a été détecté. > > >
