KiCad 10: Saving RAM! Pruning Libraries

RE: KiCad 10: Saving RAM! Pruning Libraries

kmikemoo — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:27:13 GMT

[mention:b0bc65b9ecdc4307bd967592f00e340a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] [emoticon:d6dd260102fd406884fc96b8bc59760b] I cannot count the number of times that IT Crowd clip has played in my head since you posted it. [emoticon:752f32bcc91d4a448db162742a877a4a]

RE: KiCad 10: Saving RAM! Pruning Libraries

DAB — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:24:06 GMT

Nice to know.

RE: KiCad 10: Saving RAM! Pruning Libraries

PITYESZ — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:44:06 GMT

A very good help to me. If you could give me a complete user manual for a beginner, I would appreciate it. Greetings Steve

RE: KiCad 10: Saving RAM! Pruning Libraries

kmikemoo — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:54:52 GMT

[mention:b0bc65b9ecdc4307bd967592f00e340a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] This is brilliant. As a KiCad beginner, I will only use a few parts. This can make the whole process less intimidating. Thanks.

RE: KiCad 10: Saving RAM! Pruning Libraries

shabaz — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:18:07 GMT

Reading online, apparently this is one of the changes in KiCad 10; previous versions didn't load all libraries into RAM. It's been done to speed up user interaction when choosing symbols and footprints. It does seem very snappy, so I suppose it was worth it! I'm guessing that when the feature was developed, probably people thought PCs and laptops would continue to be supplied with more and more RAM..