14 segment display

[Microguy]

I am new. I could not find a single 14-segment display. I decided to make a new one. I copied a 7-segment display AD-121F2 and am trying to edit the display. It won’t let to drive more lines that are not in the right grid. I changed the grids from 50 mils (1.27mm) to 10 mils (0.25mm). How can we fix that? Also, I want to edit one of the segments to half of it. It won’t let me copy one of the segments to edit it. Also, I made another one to copy symbols to the symbol editor. I get a lot of numbers and no graphic picture. What am I doing wrong? I am still learning how to use it.

[paulvdh]

It’s not very clear from your post, but I’ll assume you are modifying a symbol in KiCad, not a footprint or looking for physical parts.

Starting from a copy of an existing symbol is a good way to start learning the symbol editor.
Grids work the same way as in KiCad’s other editors, each of KiCad’s 4 editors has it’s own grid settings in the preferences, and grid overrides. You can also place lines off grid by holding the Ctrl key. This is all very much beginners stuff and explained in more details in a lot of beginners tutorials. You can place graphic items to whatever you like, but please always place the pins of symbols on a 50mil grid.

Can you explain:

@Microguy

I changed the grids from 50 mils (1.27mm) to 10 mils (0.25mm). How can we fix that?

You changed the grid, and what is it that you want to fix now?

Also:
KiCad’s default libraries are read-only. Do not mess with that. The easiest and quickest way to start editing is to first place a symbol on the schematic, and then press [Ctrl + e] to load it in the symbol editor. (Just close the symbol editor when you’re done, KiCad prompts you to save the changes back to the schematic). To do it properly also needs a bit of library management, but that can be postponed to some later time.

Just curious, are you in the same class as:

Grid size while placing a pin in the symbol editor

I’m trying to create a new library symbol while doing my first KiCAD design. I can right click, select grid, and pick a grid size (I’m choosing 100). The new grid size constrains cursor placement to the desired grid. Now when I try to place a pin, the effective grid size reverts to 50 despite showing 100 checked in the context dialog. Is this intentional? Is there a different grid setting to pick for pins somewhere else? I’m trying to place pins 200 units apart. Thanks!