Kicad Teardrop Plugin Download !!INSTALL!!
Jannie Frankenberry
/.local/share/kicad/6.0/3rdparty/plugins is the expected directory for plugins to end up in when installing from plugin manager. The other directories you listed are for manually installing plugins the old way (download/extract/copy/paste).
@qu1ck: Yes, you are absolutely right. /.local/share/kicad/6.0/3rdparty/plugins is the directory the automatic plugin installer operates on. I verified this by uninstalling all plugins and reintstalling the ones I want with the plugin installing tool. However, the (in)visibility selection options do not agree with what I see in /.local/share/kicad/6.0/3rdparty/plugins. I took a screen snapshot that demonstrates this. On the left you can see the plugin buttons that I can select to be (in)visible and on the right the installed plugins in /.local/share/kicad/6.0/3rdparty/plugins. (Observe, for example, that [easyw]'s action tools, shown in the directory listing onthe right, do not show up in the visibility selections on the left. There seems to be more visibility selections that entries in the plugin directory!) The other two (legacy, as you said?) plugin directories are empty.
I am using kicad version 6.0.4.
For the Teardrop, Downloaded Teardrop plugin version 0.5.99 but it is not working.
i am attching the screenshot of the tear drop for the reference.
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Edit: Now I understand what you wanted here, adding teardrop to the T junction, right? There is a feature request for such functionality, so maybe it will be implemented: In tear drop can not be able to add in T junction not able to add (#11263) Issues KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad GitLab
This implementation uses zones instead of arcs. This allows to comply with DRC rules by simply rebuild all zones. You can also modify their shape by simply modifying the zone outline (like any other zone). Teardrops created with this script use a specific priority (0x4242) to be recognized as teardrops.
You also need to be careful that there is not copper on the same layer too close to the zone. For example, the text was too close to the teardrop zone on this via, so I moved the text down and the zone now fills correctly:
An open GitHub issue is that the teardrop zone does not align perfectly for SMD pads that are not circles (like rectangles, squares, rounded rectangles). The work around I used was to move the zone after it is filled to align with my SMD pad:
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