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Confusion re: content and use of kicad settings "Symbol Templates Folder"

Open plocher opened this issue 4 months ago • 6 comments

I am at a loss as to what should be in this field.

The settings Kicad Symbol Libraries Folder are set to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/jplocher/Dropbox/KiCad/Libraries/Symbols

Whatever settings I try to use for Kicad Symbol Templates Folder, when adding a part, I get

Symbol Library: [SPCoast ] Symbol Template: [Capacitors/Ceramic] Footprint Library: [SPCoast] Footprint[C_0603_1608Metric]

[KCAD] Error loading template file (/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/jplocher/Dropbox/KiCad/Libraries/Symbolscapacitor.kicad_sym)

Needless to say, there is no file of that name, nor is there a symbol called "capacitor"...

Searches for kintree docs on "symbol templates folder" come up empty...

Where does "capacitor" come from, and what should I use for the templates folder?

Other than this hiccup, I'm impressed!

plocher avatar Oct 08 '24 05:10 plocher