Swapped part & updated footprint - footprint missing from PCB

[cluelessengineer]

I hereby certify that I am not simply asking someone else to design a footprint for me.

Hello,
I’ve made a simple design that I originally used an RCA jack as the output - the footprint was fine (downloaded models from Mouser for part RCJ-014).

I’m now modifying the original by replacing the RCA jack with the generic 1x2 pin header. I assigned the footprint and updated the PCB from schematic, but the 1x2 pin header footprint is nowhere to be found.

BUT … it does briefly appear when I use the Freerouting plugin. So it’s there … the Freerouting plugin shows it, but Kicad refuses to.

SOLVED: I had to quit Kicad and restart. So this is a bug?

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor arm64 on arm64
Version: 8.0.6, release build
Platform: macOS Sonoma Version 14.6.1 (Build 23G93), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
OpenGL: Apple, Apple M2, 2.1 Metal - 88.1

[retiredfeline]

Maybe this Mac bug?

Kicad 8.0.5 parts not showing in pcb editor

I have recently switched to KICAD 8 I’m having a weird phenomena where the footprints won’t show up in the PCB editor. You can see the ratsnest going to the part, and you can click on the part where should be and select it, but I can’t get it to show up. I blew away the PCB and restarted it and that got me going. now I am changing footprints and it is happening on individual parts. Don’t want to lose my work, but can’t seem to figure out how to get them to show. I have updated footprint to no…

[cluelessengineer]

Ahhh, too easy & quick. Thanks.

[hermit]

I’ve had things happen that restarting the program fixed and never recurred. Even if it is a bug, if you can’t reproduce it, it becomes a non-bug.