Hi, i am a Newbie and i do not have any expirence with Kicad at all but Its really good . So Anyway i am having problems With Fitting my schematic with any shape of form of a socket , (I need DIP14)
And the reason i need a Socket DIP14 is i have an 7 segment display that is from Czecho-slovakia where i live, and that display is the one i am using in the schematic and the display is in DIP14.
Again i am a Newbie and my thinking could be wrong but, If you have any advice Feel free to comment it down Below.
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Welcome to the forum.
I would just use a 7-segment display on the schematic.
(you can do socket connector 1x14 and then header connector 1x14 and a display, but it doesnât make sense if the display is the same footprint).
And in the PCB editor Iâd use a DIP-14 footprint (there is a few in the library - search for âDIP-14â, not "DIP14).
As a 3D model (if needed) you may choose 7-segment model or DIP-14 model whatever you prefer.
I hope it make sense to you.
BTW. Czechoslovakia doesnât exist for over 20 years 
. I guess you live either in Chechia or Slovakia.
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Thatâs one thing youâll come to appreciate about the separation of symbols and footprints. As said above just put the display symbol on the schematic. You can make up a box with the displayâs pins easily. For the footprint you can use a DIP 14 pin footprint.
Remember, the symbol is just an abstract representation of the component and doesnât have to bear any resemblance to the physical appearance. Unlike what one other poster in another thread thinks.
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Hello and welcome @pitvar_Pete
You will find a variety of 7 segment displays in the Kicad library titled âDisplay _Characterâ. You will need to find a data sheet for your display and then try to match that with one in the Kicad library.
If you cannot find a match, probably your easiest path is to modify a symbol from the library to match the display you have.
But 7 segment display can be from Czecho-slovakia the same way as I still use trafo soldering iron (gun iron) ETP II that I have bought in Czecho-slovakia in 1980.
For me it is not clear if you:
- want to use 7-segment display plugged into DIP14 socket, or
- want to use 7-segment display alone but knowing its shape you are looking for DIP14 socket footprint.
These are both different situations with probably different approach needed.
@Piotr - I didnât argue the fact that the display is manufactured in Czecho-slovakia, but he said he still lives there 
. Anyway it was just a joke. I donât want to go OT too much.
Yes. I noticed it, but he didnât wrote âin what countryâ but âwhereâ. Place described by âwhereâ didnât disappeared . Because of this I assumed OPs issued information is correct.
Your guess that he lives in Chechia or Slovakia is also correct for me.
Hi, i need N.2 and i need help just fitting the socket to the Schematic and the board when finished i will be fitting with just the display (Its LQ425 From Tesla RoĹžnov Cca 1980s too)
Also sorry for the misunderstanding i wanted to shorten the message so i used Czecho-slovakia But actually i live in Czechia.
May be I donât understand something.
If using socket is only during âfirst testingâ and it looks that display and socket can have the same footprint then what for you need to do anything with socket. Just use at schematic display and select for it right footprint and you get the finished version of your project. When you will have that PCB done it wonât beat you for assembling socked when at schematic was display.
With selecting footprint I will not help - I use only my own libraries and simply donât see and donât know KiCad libraries.
I just wanted to save time , I was thinking that i will put a DIP14 socket that has the same footprint and in the schematic somehow label the pins and when the board arrives i will solder in just the displays and other components
Sockets are not fitted to the Schematic. A symbol, similar to the below, is used for the schematic.
As I mentioned above, you will need a data sheet so you will be able to match the display segments to the pins and also to determine whether the display is a Common Cathode (CC) or Common Anode (CA)
arrangement.
To do it that way you can use any 14 pin connector symbol (or even any 14 pin digital IC) and just draw your wires to right pin numbers of that connector. Then you should assign 14 dip footprint to that connector and you will get the right board but you will have not clear schematic.
Do you think you could find me one of theese but has 2 dots like : .8. and common Anode ? and how do i do theese footprints ?
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