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JLC2KICAD_lib is a python script that generate a component library (schematic, footprint and 3D model ) for KiCad from the JLCPCB/easyEDA library.

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canonical ".pretty" directory suffix is present when referencing footprints

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The issue description is a little confusing. What's happening is:

  • kicad canonically uses directories ending in .pretty to contain a bunch of .kicad_mod files for footprints
  • when that footprint library is added, its name usually is not specified as xxx.pretty, but instead as xxx
  • JLC2KiCad_Lib currently using the full name (or rather, the exact name specified) in the footprint designator in the symbol file.

So -- I typically use JLC2KiCadLib -symbol_lib lcsc -footprint_lib lcsc.pretty --skip_existing .... which puts things in a lcsc.pretty directory (good), I set up the footprint library with name lcsc.. but the symbol footprint reference looks like lcsc.pretty:foo when it should be lcsc:foo.

This is all just terrible convention, and can be fixed by just naming the symbol library "lcsc.pretty" (I think?) but I just hacked this locally to strip .pretty if it's present on the footprint library name in the symbol library.

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Thanks for reporting this issue.
Fixed with 61d2852