5…5-3
There is no way to import another PCB layout into the present working one so I have to engage in the cumbersome practice of opening another project, open PCBnew, copying the layout, closing, opening the working proejct, open PCBnew and pasting.
This works-except–all of the locked footprints in the copy become unlocked. Rather laborious to re-lock them all.
Is this a bug/oversight?
Thanks
Fritz
you dont have to use copy and paste. if you open Pcbnew in stand alone mode, you can use the function “Append Board…” this will also keep the locked footprints locked.
OK and thanks guys. I didn’t see this in the doc so I will add it to my notes.
Looks like this feature will be added to the 6.0 release.
Fritz
“Standalone” mode has already been implemented for some time (I think even in KiCad V4 or earlier).
The trick is how to access it.
1). Close the project manager. (Completely exit).
2). Open Pcbnew directly from your operating system.
This opens Pcbnew in standalone mode, and in this mode there is no active project, and some extra features are enabled such as importing boards from different projects.
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