DRC Footprint component type doesn't match footprint pad

[JohnH]

i started this design in v6 and recently migrated to v7
I needed a six pin smd footprint.

So I copied the 6 pin dip footprint and modified the pad type from through hole to smd
Now when I run the DRC obn the PCB
I get an Error Footprint component type doesn’t match footprint pads ( expected ‘SMD’; actual “Through hole”

i didn’t change the 3D model associated with the new footprint it still uses the dip 3d model.

[retiredfeline]

@JohnH

I needed a six pin smd footprint

There’s a footprint wizard in the footprint editor that can generate many common regular footprints so you don’t have to resort to dubious conversions.

[paulvdh]

I a gree with retiredfeline. Using one of the wizards probably makes it easier. Or, when you start from an existing footprint, why start with a THT part in the first place? There are already many SMT parts in KiCad’s libraries.

But for this:

@JohnH

I get an Error Footprint component type doesn’t match footprint pads ( expected ‘SMD’; actual “Through hole”

You probably want to set: Footprint Editor / File / Footprint Properties / (General Tab / Fabrication Attributes / Component type and set it to SMD.

[jmk]

Even if you do not want to go down the wizard path, if you had placed your TH footprint in a personal library then carried out the same modifications after which you used this now modified footprint in your personal library, on your PCB, this problem would not have occurred.