Seeking Help with Simulating a Project in KiCad 5

[eelik]

Here’s an old FAQ article about the rescue process, but it’s for importing a v4 project to v5. I don’t remember the similarities or differences, but it explains the files.

What are the cache and rescue libs and how does the schematic rescue dialog work? (KiCad version 5.x and earlier)

The purpose of the cache library KiCad version 5 and earlier do not include symbol information in the schematic file format. Without any counter measure changes to the libs would change the schematic without user control (worst case a symbol is deleted from the lib and the project looses its information). This is where the cache lib comes in. Anytime a user adds a symbol to the project it is copied to the cache lib for save keeping (unless the same symbol is already in the cache). If now the li…