Footprint and datasheet fields seem to be required in kicad 5

devbisme / KiPart

Python package for generating multi-unit schematic symbols for KiCad from a CSV file.

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Footprint and datasheet fields seem to be required in kicad 5 #39

Closed manitou3 closed 5 years ago

manitou3 commented 5 years ago

It seems that with Kicad 5, that the F2 and F3 fields are required (i.e. footprint and datasheet). I couldn't find any official documentation to back this up other than kicad won't load the symbol library created with kipart unless those fields are in the file. There is documentation I found here: https://forum.kicad.info/t/lib-format-description/3226 that seems to indicate that F2 and F3 were required back in 2016, but perhaps not enforced?

xesscorp commented 5 years ago

I added the F2 and F3 fields to KiPart along with the capability of setting them in the CSV file.