2.2. Initialization of the default configuration

2.2. Initialization of the default configuration

A default configuration file named kicad.pro is supplied in kicad/template. It serves as a template for any new project.

If another default configuration file named fp-lib-table exists, it will be used only once to create a footprint library list. (or else, this list will be created from scratch)

The default file kicad.pro can be freely modified if necessary, mainly to set the list of library files loaded by Eeschema.

A few other parameters (default text size, default line thickness, mainly for Pcbnew) are stored here.

Verify that you have write access to kicad/template/kicad.pro

Run KiCad and load kicad.pro project.

Run Eeschema via KiCad. Modify and update the Eeschema configuration, and mainly the list of libraries you want to use each time you create new projects.

Run Pcbnew via KiCad. Modify and update the Pcbnew configuration, especially the footprint library list. Pcbnew will create or update a library list file called footprint library table. There are 2 library list files (named fp-lib-table). The first (located in the user home directory) is global for all projects. The second, if it exists (located in the project directory) is specific to the project.