[kicad-users] "Create a new component from the current one"

Pedro Martin pkicad@yahoo.es [kicad-users]

2018-08-13 10:33:16 UTC

There is no such icon.

Now, just change the name of the symbol and save the changes.
A new symbol is created with the new name.

Pedro.

Post by ***@yahoo.co.uk [kicad-users]
Where is it in Kicad 5, Eeschema?
I've been wondering a while, and I've just seen the same kind of query
over on EEVblog
<https://www.eevblog.com/forum/kicad/kicad-5-create-new-symbol-as-copy-of-existing-one/>.
It's in the latest documentation still,
"Create a new symbol from the currently loaded symbol"
but the icon does not show.
Application: kicad
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