Hi, I'm basing this patch on my experience and that shown in some beginner youtube videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfC7R_rTocs was the first link when I googled for 'kicad make new symbol'). The approach to making a new symbol generally is: 1. Open a lib and make a new symbol 2. Place pins in a rectangularish manner 3. Draw a box around it 4. Fill in the properties (name / description) 5. Save it in the lib
Any hassles in making a (usual black-box rectangularish symbol) KLC compliant could be reduced if a 100 mil grid was the default since step 2 would not require too much careful counting of 50 mil dots. For more complex symbol shapes, a finer grid can be selected as usual. Even if the contributor didn't read the KLC before designing the symbol, that's one less rule that they are likely to violate. -- Regards, Gaurav Juvekar _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
