Schematic library missing

ghent360 / PrntrBoardV2

32-bit 3D Printer controller board using STM32F407 and replaceable TMC2660/2209 stepper drivers.

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Schematic library missing #1

Closed cruse123 closed 4 years ago

cruse123 commented 4 years ago

Symbols in schematics cannot be normally displayed, showing rectangles with question marks. When double-clicking the part and the icon button at "Symbol - Library Reference", an error message prompts saying Library file '.....\PrntrBoardV2\hardware\10018784-10210TLF.lib' not found. Use the Manage Symbol Libraries dialog to fix the path (or remove the library). Maybe there should be a library file named "10018784-10210TLF.lib" but not uploaded to the repository?

Screenshots are as follows:

Many thanks!

ghent360 commented 4 years ago

Thank you for reporting the issue with the schematics. I'll take a look and try to improve the content of the repo, so it is self contained.

As far as "10018784-10210TLF.lib" - it is not needed and while there is a warning on my system as well. I'm able to see the schematics, so that is not what is causing the problem for you.

It is very inconsiderate of me to leave a broken library reference in the sym-lib-table. I'll remove it asap.

ghent360 commented 4 years ago

Hello, would you kindly let me know, what version of KiCad are you using? I tried to download the project on a different computer and I was able to view the schematics with no issues with version 5.1.4 (latest stable build). Unfortunately that version was unable to display the PCB, for that you need the nightly development branch.

I did verify that after installing the build from today (11/7/2019) I was able to view both the schematics as well as the PCB.

For convenience I added a PDF of the schematics in the hardware/doc folder.

cruse123 commented 4 years ago

Hello! After pulling the new commits, schematic symbols can be normally displayed, without any errors at all! I was using the latest stable release kicad-5.1.4_1 at that time and everything in schematics went well. Problems solved. Thanks a lot!

However, as you have mentioned, PCB layout document cannot be opened in this "lower" version. Switching to today's latest nightly build kicad-r14425.6182133a4 works. If a stable version is preferred, manually modifying the kicad_pcb document may help: Expand error information in the kicad dialog, delete the "Unexpected" lines in the PCB document with text editors. This may be an imperfect solution, so for read-only previewing only. Using the proper version for further editing / manufacturing is recommended in my opinion.

Thanks again!