I changed the values for the visual settings (Objects in the Appearance tab) in my KiCad Project for the first time (I never changed it before) and I hated the current version, but I cant revert back to the original default values. How can I do it without touching my layout?
I don’t know which settings are Project related and which are your environment.
Anything linked with environment you can probably revert back by deleting all KiCad configuration files.
In Windows and for V8 I am speaking of C:\Users\{your_user_name}\AppData\Roaming\kicad\8.0
I have there 3 kicad-like directories and when need to work with different settings I just rename them.
I have separate configuration for:
- my work (with my libraries) - 99% I’m here,
- default KiCad (with KiCad libraries) - rarely used when report a bug using original libs,
- Spice simulation (only Spice related libraries) - I have checked and never more used.
Looks like there is no way to load this from another project or directly set to the defaults.
One way to do it manually is to create a new empty project in another KiCad instance, put them next to each other and then just start clicking until those properties are the same.
Depending on which settings you have changed, deleting or renaming the {projectname}.kicad_prl file in the project directory may help. Quit KiCad before deleting it, the file will be recreated the next time the project is opened.