jmk
January 20, 2024, 11:01pm
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Hi @Kicadiego
Below is a reply to a post I wrote yesterday. This explains how to place a Kicad library symbol into a personal library and also how to rename that symbol.
You need to move the 74LS132 to a personal library and rename it to 74HC132.
If you do not yet have personal libraries this FAQ https://forum.kicad.info/t/kicad-7-beginners-guide-to-personal-symbol-and-footprint-libraries/38738 explains how to create personal libraries.
I wrote that FAQ to make it as easy as possible, for new to Kicad and this type of software, to create.
You can never have enough personal libraries. I have 24 symbol and 22 footprint libraries.
It is easiest to save a Kicad symbol into a personal library first, and then modify it.
To do that:
Find and then highlight the symbol in the Kicad library you wish to modify.
Click File > Save as; then change the name to whatever you wish; then scroll through the library list in the window you just re-named the symbol, highlight your personal library in which you want the symbol saved, then save.
Close the symbol in the Kicad library you just copied and open the same symbol in your personal library.
Modify and save.
When drawing your schematic, use the symbol you have placed (and modified) in your personal library, instead of the Kicad library symbol and this will automatically link your symbol in your library to the schematic.
If, at a later date, you decide to move your symbols to different personal libraries or rename your personal libraries, symbols involved will no longer link to schematics. So: as mentioned in the FAQ, take a little time to plan the names and what is placed in whichever personal libraries.
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