Is there a way to extract a footprint from cache lib?

[Bruno]

Hi,
i have received a project with a couple of missing libs. To modify it i need to extract from the cache lib some footprints. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks

[Rene_Poschl]

The cache lib holds symbols. Footprints are embedded in the pcb file. There is a tool in pcb_new that allows to extract them.

[paulvdh]

If schematic symbols do not show up on the schematic (Notorious boxes with question marks) then it usually means the symbol is not in the [project]-cache.lib either.

This cache lib is also handled in some special way by KiCad. If you want to copy data out of it, or look what’s in it, then it’s probably best to first copy it to another name, then add that new file to the library table and then browse through it with KiCad’s library browser.