If you do not have the legacy “Altium Libraries Plugin” installed. Nothing, SchDoc, PcbDoc, SchLib or PcbLib. Note: These menus are dependent on what you have open/active i.e. On re-launching Altium Designer, you should now see “Symbols | Footprints | 3D Models” in the File and Tools menu. Finally, reinstall the Altium Library Loader (no need to uninstall first) and you should get a message during the installation about making a backup copy of the file DXP.RCS which is being modified to customise the menu options. What you need to do is first close Altium Designer then uninstall the Altium Libraries Plugin as shown below. If you have the legacy “Altium Libraries Plugin” installed. If you have an older version of Altium Designer then you must uninstall the Altium Library Loader. After installation, why do I not see the menu option “Symbols | Footprints | 3D Models” under the File or Tools menu?įirstly, you must be running a supported version of Altium Designer i.e.
Why am I receiving a “Path not found” error after performing a search?ĭownload and install the latest version from 3. Why am I receiving one of the following errors when trying to ADD TO DESIGN?ĭownload and install the latest version from 2. I think it makes more sense to make a review of KiCad and make a list of pro’s and cons and then decide if it is suitable for what you want to do with it.The following are Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Altium Library Loader. How does that compare with the recurring costs of Altium? “Uconfig” seens to be specifically written for KiCad.Īnother one uses “Tabula” with a bit of custom python to aid in the conversion:Ĭonverting your libraries is also a one-time thing. pdf files.īrings up several possibilities. pdf format and there are tools to help in KiCad with extracting data for schematic symbols from. Something like the above would need some way of communicating your existing library to someone else, and one of the ways to do that is by printing all library symbols to a.
If you don’t want to spend much time converting your own altium libraries to KiCad (it’s pretty boring work), then maybe you can use the cost of a single year of Altium use as a budget to hire someone to do the conversion for you.
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