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From: "James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-help AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: [geda-help] Restrict pcb's Import Schematics to only use custom elements (footprints)
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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:11:06 -0500
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Hi,

Until today, I’ve been using gsch2pcb to create and then update the layout in response to schematic changes.  But I see that “Import Schematics” is now the preferred way, so I tried that.

Specifically, I updated a footprint in my personal footprint library (newlib style) and needed to propagate that change to the ~50 existing instances already in my layout.  Following advice from an old thread [1], Import Schematics did update the footprint (and, conveniently, the footprint remained in the same location and orientation — phew).  But the updated footprint did not come from my personal library.  It was pulled instead from the library that came with PCB (the pad sizes were slightly different and the silk screen pattern differed).

How do I tell PCB to *only* use footprints in my custom library?

In File—> Preferences —> Library, I set the “Element Directories” field to:
  ~/geda/pcb-elements/jbattat:footprints
And in my ~/.pcb/preferences file I see the line:
  library-newlib = ~/geda/pcb-elements/jbattat:footprints

I figured that setting “Element Directories” should do what I want, but apparently not.
I’m using PCB v 1.99z

Thanks,
James

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.cad.geda.user/41098/focus=41132