Difference between revisions of "Kicad Templates"
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I have selected this file system method for personal ease of use on my '''Raspberry Pi 4''' | I have selected this file system method for personal ease of use on my '''Raspberry Pi 4''' | ||
This document was written to support '''Kicad 5.X''' but can be used with '''Kicad 6.X''' | This document was written to support '''Kicad 5.X''' but can be used with '''Kicad 6.X''' | ||
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Change the '''Path''' for '''User Templates''' in Kicad | Change the '''Path''' for '''User Templates''' in Kicad | ||
Open '''Kicad''' | Open '''Kicad''' | ||
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==[[ Set Up Procedures KiCad 5.0 ]]== | ==[[ Set Up Procedures KiCad 5.0 ]]== | ||
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Revision as of 23:38, 13 January 2022
This wiki document is an example of how to create Kicad Templates. You don’t need to follow the files system structure I used in this this example. I have selected this file system method for personal ease of use on my Raspberry Pi 4 This document was written to support Kicad 5.X but can be used with Kicad 6.X The same process works for other linux and Windows versions.
Change the Path for User Templates in Kicad
Open Kicad Select: Preferences Tab Select Configure Paths Select: KICAD_USER_TEMPLATE_DIR /home/pi/kicad/template Under Path column change to: /home/pi/Kicad-projects/Kicad-templates
Set up your computer file structure.
In your home directory create a directory named Kicad-projects. mkdir /home/pi/Kicad-projects Then CD to your new directory. cd Kicad-projects In the Kicad-projects directory make another directory named kicad-templates. mkdir kicad-templates
