Configure Paths

[Rene_Poschl]

@monkshood

Kicad still defaults to the Kicad installed directories.

You still need to update the library tables if you set personal path variables. (After all the library tables are what matters. Path variables just make the library tables portable.)

So either delete the original lib table entries using the default kicad path variables and replace them with your own. Or point the kicad default path variables to your personal repo locations.
For 3d models you are kind of forced into the latter route anyways as footprints use the KISYS3DMOD path variable for pointing to 3d models.

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Relevant section from the tutorial:

@Rene_Poschl

To get this non standard location of the official lib to work you either need to point the path variables to these new locations (and use the default library tables) or use the library manager as explained further down to remove the old libs and add the new ones. Remember that you will need to set the 3d path variable (KISYS3DMOD) in any case.

My suggestion would be to use the default library table and pointing all 3 path variables to the new library location (as shown in the picture.) This will allow you to keep the official library table including the description of libraries while still being able to have your libraries at the location of your choice.

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