Different schematic name from project name

Schematic
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any way to have a different schematic name from project name?thanks

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You mean you want somename.kicad_pro and anothername.kicad_sch. No. Similarly for the other .kicad_* files.

But the directory/folder name doesn’t have to match the basename of the .kicad_* files.

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ok thank you. I noticed the pcb name is allowed to have different name from project

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It’s not clear by project you mean:

  1. The .kicad_pro file, or
  2. The directory/folder name which can be different from the filenames in it.

I often name my directories project-v1, project-v2, etc, but keep the filenames the same. Some people think there might be a danger of working on the wrong version but my versions change a lot so I’m unlikely to not know which version I’m in. Besides I usualy don’t go back to old versions.

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The .kicad_pro file I mean

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Related, is it possible to rename the schematic and board files within a project, as long as they are renamed all at once?

Reason: I have two projects which are copies of another project: the original one is an octal DAC plus eight output buffers; for reasons of pcb space I split this into a two-board, stacked format (one DAC board, one buffer board) and the two new projects are copies but with parts deleted as appropriate. That avoided redrawing schematics and also made it easier to align connections between the boards.

But that means that inside the “buffer_board” project I have “octalDAC” schematic and board, which no longer makes sense. I took a look inside the (human readable) files but was none the wiser.

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You can do File > Save As… from the project window and that will rename all your project files and save on a folder with the same name

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Thanks, that worked perfectly.

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Replying to the original question - in the main schematic (named the same as the project file) you can insert a hierarchical sheet and name it whatever you want and the the main circuit there. The main project-named schematic will be just a placeholder for “whatever-you-want-to-name-it” schematic.