PCB Footprint Text

[Rene_Poschl]

@snoopy20

I’m adding the %R field, it’s missing from SOIC-8-N, SOT-23, MSOP-8_3x3mm_Pitch0.65mm so far. Perhaps the library maintainers could write a script to add it to any footprints missing the field?

The check kicad mod script here https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library-utils/tree/master/pcb does all of this already. just run it with the --fix or even --fixmore option.

I just checked the MSO-8_3x3_Pitch0.65mm footprint. It has the %R field on the fab layer. https://github.com/KiCad/Housings_SSOP.pretty/blob/4.0.7/MSOP-8_3x3mm_Pitch0.65mm.kicad_mod#L27 (Both in the commit tagged as 4.0.7 and in the current head which should be the one you get via the github plugin if you use it.)

[snoopy20]

That’s right, it’s actually my cached footprints, perhaps from 4.0.5 or 6. I reckon pcb-new could do with a menu option that refreshes all the utilized footprints with the one it’s cached from. Or a table could come up with those used and the user selects which ones to refresh.

[Rene_Poschl]

We added the reference on fab after KLC version 2.1. (Beginning of 2017, after 4.0.5 but i think before 4.0.6)
For the MSOP package the reference was added on 11.April 2017. (This was after the v4.0.6 release)