kicad-dat

Glossary

DCM = documentation file

If you don’t copy the DCM files, you will lose the documentation. I believe that the library will otherwise still function but don’t quote me on that; you can try it and find out.

(maybe goes with out saying, but in v6 you only have a single .kicad_sym file which contains all the info)

.mod

** Files that end in “.kicad_mod”, typically in folders with names that end in “.pretty”, are the 2014(?) version of modules (a KiCad “module” is called a “footprint” or a “decal” in other CAD software), one footprint per file, lots of files in the entire “.pretty” library.*

** Files that end in “.mod” are module libraries (a KiCad “module” is called a “footprint” or a “decal” in other CAD software)*

Tips

Renaming all associated netnames

https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/5151

TIL that Find/Replace is for more than just text (like any other tool)

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