I am trying to import schematic files from Altium and while it has worked I have noticed a small problem. When comparing the new schematics to the Altium schematics I noticed the the symbol references have been reassigned.
When importing the PCB everything seems to be fine, the component references are the same as the Altium files.
This is causing a problem with the schematic interacting with the PCB when they are both imported.
Is there a way to prevent this? The reference assignment seems pretty random.
I can rename the references to correspond with the PCB but this is a lot of manual work.
I don’t know if it will work with imports, but in “Tools” there is the function “Update schematic from PCB”
That should match your schematic Refs. to your PCB Refs. You can also go the other way, update PCB from Schematic.
What Kicad and OS are you using?
The Altium importer is still under development and any problems, with examples, are appreciated by the developers.
To do so open Kicad > Help > Report Bug.
It didn’t want to update the schematic from the pcb without breaking so I ended up manually renaming the schematic components. I’ll try again on another import and see if I can recreate the problem.