Capabilities Starting from a schematic Starting from scratch Board setup Editing a board Placement and drawing operations Snapping Editing object properties Working with footprints Working with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication outputs and plotting Drill files Component placement files Additional fabrication outputs Printing Exporting files Footprints and footprint libraries shown with its color and visibility state. The active layer is shown highlighted with an arrow indicator to the left of the color swatch. Left-click on a layer to choose it as the active layer. Left-click

Capabilities Starting from a schematic Starting from scratch Board setup Editing a board Placement and drawing operations Snapping Editing object properties Working with footprints Working with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication outputs and plotting Drill files Component placement files Additional fabrication outputs Printing Exporting files Footprints and footprint libraries shown with its color and visibility state. The active layer is shown highlighted with an arrow indicator to the left of the color swatch. Left-click on a layer to choose it as the active layer. Left-click

Capabilities Starting from a schematic Starting from scratch Board setup Editing a board Placement and drawing operations Grids and snapping Editing object properties Board outlines (Edge Cuts) inspector Generating outputs Fabrication outputs and plotting Drill files IPC-2581 files Component placement files Additional fabrication outputs Printing Exporting files Footprints and footprint libraries shown with its color and visibility state. The active layer is shown highlighted with an arrow indicator to the left of the color swatch. Left-click on a layer to choose it as the active layer. Left-click

Capabilities Starting from a schematic Starting from scratch Board setup Editing a board Placement and drawing operations Grids and snapping Editing object properties Board outlines (Edge Cuts) inspector Generating outputs Fabrication outputs and plotting Drill files IPC-2581 files Component placement files Additional fabrication outputs Printing Exporting files Footprints and footprint libraries shown with its color and visibility state. The active layer is shown highlighted with an arrow indicator to the left of the color swatch. Left-click on a layer to choose it as the active layer. Left-click

ratsnest (Pad or Footprint). Add a footprint from a library. Placement of tracks and vias. Placement of zones (copper planes). Placement of keepout areas ( on copper layers ). Draw Lines on technical technical layers (i.e. not a copper layer). Draw Arcs on technical layers (i.e. not a copper layer). Placement of text. Draw Dimensions on technical layers (i.e. not the copper layer). Draw Alignment Marks files. Grid origin. (grid offset). Useful mainly for editing and placement of footprints. Can also be set in Dimensions/Grid menu. Placement of footprints, tracks, zones of copper, texts, etc. Net Highlighting

Pcbnew vi 7 Footprint placement 54 7.1 Assisted placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 7.2 Manual placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 7.4 Automatic placement of footprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 7.4.3 Interactive auto-placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 7.4.4 Additional

ratsnest (Pad or Footprint). Add a footprint from a library. Placement of tracks and vias. Placement of zones (copper planes). Placement of keepout areas ( on copper layers ). Draw Lines on technical technical layers (i.e. not a copper layer). Draw Arcs on technical layers (i.e. not a copper layer). Placement of text. Draw Dimensions on technical layers (i.e. not the copper layer). Draw Alignment Marks files. Grid origin. (grid offset). Useful mainly for editing and placement of footprints. Can also be set in Dimensions/Grid menu. Placement of footprints, tracks, zones of copper, texts, etc. Net Highlighting

. . . 58 7 Footprint placement 60 7.1 Assisted placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 7.2 Manual placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 7.4 Automatic placement of footprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 7.4.3 Interactive auto-placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 7.4.4 Additional

(crosshairs). Turns invisible pin display on/off. Switches between free angle and horizontal/vertical placement of new wires, buses, and graphical lines. Shift Shift Shift Ctrl Shift Ctrl Shift Cmd Shift hotkeys or the right-click context menu. These actions can also be performed after placement. Here is a symbol during placement: If the Place repeated copies option is checked, after placing a symbol KiCad Schematic Setup dialog. After accepting the label properties, the label is attached to the cursor for placement. The connection point for a label is the small square in the corner of the label. The square disappears

(crosshairs). Turns invisible pin display on/off. Switches between free angle and horizontal/vertical placement of new wires, buses, and graphical lines. Shift Shift Shift Ctrl Shift Ctrl Shift Cmd Shift either using the hotkeys or the right-click context menu. These actions can also be performed after placement. 这是放置期间的符号： If the Place repeated copies option is checked, after placing a symbol KiCad will Schematic Setup dialog. After accepting the label properties, the label is attached to the cursor for placement. The connection point for a label is the small square in the corner of the label. The square disappears