Hello,
I used the Back function to have the footprints names on the BOM. Now the footprints names appears on Shematic. How can I delete all of them ?
Thanks, and sorry for my english…
I am not entirely certain I understand your problem fully, but here’s my advice:
If you want to hide a certain text element on your schematic, hover your mouse over the piece of text and right-select it. You may need to clarify your selection for Kicad if there are other components/text elements surrounding it. Once the correct element is right-selected, choose the ‘edit’ option. An edit dialogue box will appear, and there is an option called “Invisible”. Check this box, and select OK. The text will now disappear. The text is still active, but it’s hidden.
Alternatively, if you never want to show this particular text element anywhere on your schematic, you can do the same thing from inside the library editor for the component. Then, any time you place that component on your schematic, the footprint text will be hidden by default.
I hope I have understood your problem correctly and that this helps!
Thanks for answer, it’s exactly like I proceed, but my project contain hundreds of components…
I would know if I can force the invisible option for all components ? Or delete the footprint names ? Or any solution like this…
Hm, I don’t know if there is a way to batch hide certain elements on an entire schematic, but it would be a nice feature!
One thing you could try, if nobody else has better answers, is to look at the .sch file in a text editor (e.g. notepad++) and then manually hide the footprint text. Look to see what changes in the .sch file. Once you know what needs to change to make the particular element hidden, perhaps you can come up with a find and replace string which would do this for the entire document.
If this method is possible you would need to exercise a lot of care.
Good luck!
yes, I tried this method. It works but it’s fastidious… still better than modify each component !