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Problem

After upgrading KiCAD and using CVPCB to associate schematic parts with footprints, you are treated to a massive error dialog that starts like this:

(The full dialog box is shown below)

Fix

  1. Open the ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/fp-lib-table file in a text editor.
  2. Delete all of it.
  3. Copy all of the text from here into the file and save.
  4. Restart KiCAD.
KiCAD CVPCB Error

KiCAD CVPCB Error

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      First of all, thanks for the post. I could solve the issue without having any idea how KiCad works.

      That said, the fp-lib-table document from the link has the following mistaken names:

      The TerminalBlocks_* shouldn’t be in plural (containing the s in Blocks). The names should be in singular as follows:

      😉

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