12.3. Component aliases

12.3. Component aliases

An alias is another name corresponding to the same component in the library. Components with similar pin-out and representation can then be represented by only one component, having several aliases (e.g. 7400 with alias 74LS00, 74HC00, 74LS37 ).

The use of aliases allows you to build complete libraries quickly. In addition these libraries, being much more compact, are easily loaded by KiCad.

To modify the list of aliases, you have to select the main editing window via the icon and select the alias folder.

You can thus add or remove the desired alias. The current alias cannot obviously be removed since it is edited.

To remove all aliases, you have firstly to select the root component. The first component in the alias list in the window of selection of the main toolbar.