Difference between revisions of "Public:Viewing KiCad v5 Projects"

Revision as of 11:54, 6 September 2022

You may have noticed something like this when viewing old ISC projects:

To fix this and view the projects normally follow these steps:

Make sure all the repositories are installed properly on your machine.
- This includes the GitHub/isc-hw-libs submodule in the PCB repo(if you don't see the Libraries folder in PCB follow this guide)
Make sure you have pulled the latest changes.
- Run git pull and git submodule update in the command line on Git Bash.
Change directories to the Library submodule
- Run cd Libraries/
Checkout the tag: v5_libs
- Run git checkout v5_libs
Restart KiCad for the changes to take effect When opening the schemcatic click load without

All done now the projects should be looking like this:

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 # Make sure all the repositories are installed properly on your machine.
 #* This includes the [[GitHub/isc-hw-libs]] submodule in the PCB repo(if you don't see the Libraries folder in PCB follow [https://wiki.illinisolarcar.com/w/index.php/Public:GitHub/PCB#Initial_Setup this guide])
-# In your PCB repository make sure you are on the master branch.
+# Make sure you have pulled the latest changes.
-#* If you are not write <code>git checkout master</code> in the command line on Git Bash.
+#* Run <code>git pull</code>  and <code>git submodule update</code> in the command line on Git Bash.
+# Change directories to the Library submodule
+#* Run <code>cd Libraries/</code>
+# Checkout the tag: [https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar/isc-hw-libs/releases/tag/v5_libs v5_libs]
+#* Run <code>git checkout v5_libs</code>
+# Restart KiCad for the changes to take effect  When opening the schemcatic click load without
+All done now the projects should be looking like this:
+[[File:BigW.png|left|thumb|1081x1081px]]