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KiCad library generation (Beta) builds a part library from PartGenie’s component database and the datasheet: Symbol, Footprint, and STEP 3D, plus an evidence summary you can check before you drop it into a board. This is different from downloading a catalog model on the part page. Catalog assets live on the component CAD Models tab — see ECAD & footprints. Use generation when you need a KiCad-native library with pin, pad, and visual checks attached.

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Generate a library

1

Start from Search

Open app.partgenie.ai and stay on Search (not Work).
2

Ask for a verified library

Use the MPN and package in the prompt:
You can also say symbol, footprint, and 3D model for a specific MPN such as STM32F103RET6 or OPA810IDBVR.
3

Wait for the job

Generation can take a few minutes. PartGenie tells you it has started and notifies you in the app and by email when the library is ready. You can leave the chat and come back from Recents or ⌘K.
4

Review Symbol, Footprint, and 3D

The finished card shows three previews:
  • Symbol — schematic symbol and pin numbers
  • Footprint — pad layout (for example 0603 pads 1 and 2)
  • 3D Model — STEP body
Status chips on a finished library include KiCad native import, Pin mapping, and Visual audit.
5

Open the evidence summary

Expand Evidence summary. Each row is a field (pin count, pitch, body size, pad size), the value used, the datasheet page it came from, and a status:
  • Calculated — derived from datasheet or package data
  • Assumed — a default the engine filled in (pitch is a common one)
Treat Assumed rows as items you must confirm.
6

Download

Click Download on the part card and import the files into your KiCad project libraries.
Generated KiCad card with Symbol, Footprint, 3D Model, and Download
Evidence summary table with datasheet page and Calculated or Assumed status

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Before you fabrication-release

Libraries are Beta. Before you use one, check pitch, pads, pin 1, and the 3D model against the datasheet. An Assumed pitch or a wrong pin-1 mark will not be caught by a visual thumbnail alone.
  • Open the cited datasheet page from the evidence table (see Datasheet citations)
  • Confirm pin 1 on both the symbol and the footprint
  • If something is wrong, reply in the same chat with the correction — and send feedback so the generator can improve

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Where files go afterward

Downloaded libraries are yours to import into KiCad. The chat that produced them stays in Recents. Related reports and files can also land in Knowledge when PartGenie saves the artifact.