KiCAD Guide5

Saving Components into a New Library

On the top toolbar, click the "Create new library and save current component into..." button:

A new library window should appear.

Name your library then navigate to the folder you want the new library to be saved in:

Now click "Save".

Changing your Default Library Folder

This is better than temporarily including the new library for the current kicad session only.

On the schematic editor window, click Preferences>Library then click "Default Library File Path" then navigate to your custom library folder then "Open", then exit the library configuration window.

Temporarily Including the New Library in the Library Configuration

On the schematic editor window, on the top toolbar, click "Preferences" then "Library":

The library configuration window should appear:

Click "Add" to include a new library in the configuration.

A library files window should appear. Navigate to and select your new library:

Now click "Open".

On the library configuration window, click "Save Cfg":

A save preferences window should appear. Name your project file, then navigate to the folder you want to save your project file in:

Adding a New Component to an Existing Library

On the library editor window, rename your component by right-clicking the part name field then selecting "Field Edit":

The edit field window should appear. Change the value to another part name:

Now click "Ok".

On the top toolbar, click the "Select Working Library" button:

The select lib window should appear.

Select the new library you made and configured:

Click "Ok".

On the top toolbar, click "Save current loaded library on disk." This will save your new component into the library that you created before.