All identical component not showing in 3-d view

[kammutierspule]

Cool!
As I said, I suspect something you did that was not updated (as you may expected) on the PCB.
but for me it sounds as expected.

There is one important concept on KiCad different from (as I learned) EDA tools software products:
On KiCad there is no fixed (locked) association between symbols, footprints or 3D files.
It is possible however to assign a footprint on a symbol, so when you use on schematic you can add that symbol and then you dont need to associate the footprint.

It may be the case that you were expecting that when you change something on schematic that will match immediately the footprint changes on PCB. Depending on your library that you are using (the symbol) and how you did the update (import of the netlist) it needs to have a more understanding on this step.(choosing the right options for updating or not the footprints)

• this is not a limitation of KiCad but a flexibility on its choises to the workflow.

[Joan_Sparky]

@pedro

…If the footprints are already placed in the layout, re-annotate is a suicide unless you mark the keep existing annotation option. But redoing the netlist and import the new one into the layout is something we do every day.

I thought that was what the timestamp reference option in that dialog box was for (until better comes around with back/forth awareness of PCBnew/EEschema)

@crusader27529

The interaction of the options, say in the net list creation process, is not even slightly defined anywhere, and is the source of much of my frustration, along with the library crap.

@crusader27529
Welcome to the party - we all have been there - I can even show you the T-shirt if you want to

[pedro]

@Joan_Sparky

I thought that was what the timestamp reference option in that dialog box was for (until better comes around with back/forth awareness of PCBnew/EEschema)

Thanks joan. I think timestamp is my default choice, but anyway I usually reannotate with keep existing annotation, just in case.