🎩🎩🎩 𝐕𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃
Do you know what the probably best-hidden feature of all #kicad symbols, footprints, schematics and boards is?
🚀 All those objects are text-based 🚀
Examples?
🟢 Do you want to rename particular labels in the entire schematic?
🟢 Do you want to make a global VIA size change in the existing PCB?
🟢 Do you want to annotate part of the schematic manually?
I can continue with examples for a long time.
The common solution is simple as that:
👉 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲.
You are welcome.
![Text format of all KiCAD components](https://www.idvorak.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VIA-change-1024x768.png)
Via global change in KiCAD