Rounded Tracks Reloaded ... again: RF Tools for KiCad

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@xaled You may find the following links useful:

Creating a new symbol library and a new symbol in KiCad 5

Disclaimer: Screenshots taken in a nightly from after the 5.0.x releases. (KiCad 5.0.x and 5.1.x will look very similar. KiCad version 4 had a very different symbol editor meaning this tutorial is not really suitable to teach symbol creation in KiCad version 4) Symbol libraries are always a pair of files. A .lib file that contains the symbol data and a .dcm file that holds documentation information for aliases. Any interface with kicad will only list the .lib file as it knows that it can reach…

How to get a downloaded symbol, footprint or full library into KiCad version 5?

This is a shortened version of Library management in KiCad version 5 so if anything is not clear read the full lecture. Here we also only describe a single way to add any given asset. Alternatives (more efficient in some circumstances) are described in the full lecture. How to add a .kicad_mod file (single footprint) Files with the file ending .kicad_mod represent the current footpritn file format. One such file contains a single footprint. To get it available in KiCad open the footprint edi…