Configuration and Customization Text variables Database Libraries HTTP Libraries Custom Netlist and BOM Formats Actions reference Schematic Editor Common 96 96 97 99 103 110 110 113 139 140 140 connections Export of plot files in many formats (Postscript, PDF, HPGL, and SVG) Bill of Materials generation (via Python or XSLT scripts, which allow many flexible formats). The Schematic Editor supports multi-sheet time, if the the global symbol library table file sym-lib-table is not found in the KiCad configuration folder then KiCad will ask how to create this file: 3 The first option is recommended (Copy default

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.9.1 The File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 circuit board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4.4 Reading netlist file - loading footprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4 drawing for import into KiCad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 6.1.2.2 Importing the DXF file into KiCad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 6.1.2.3 Example imported DXF

configuration A default configuration file kicad.pro is provided in kicad/share/template. This file is used as the initial configuration for all new projects. This configuration file can be modified to change the footprint library folders on your local disk (and the .kicad_mod files inside these folders). All other formats are read only. It is allowed to have footprints with the same name in different libraries. The footprint of libraries that are always available regardless of the currently loaded project file. The table is saved in the file fp-lib-table in the user’s home folder. The location of this folder is dependent on

Simulation Advanced Topics Configuration and Customization Text variables Custom Netlist and BOM Formats Actions reference Schematic Editor Common 58 58 60 62 67 67 71 71 71 72 75 75 82 connections Export of plot files in many formats (Postscript, PDF, HPGL, and SVG) Bill of Materials generation (via Python or XSLT scripts, which allow many flexible formats). The Schematic Editor supports multi-sheet time, if the the global symbol library table file sym-lib-table is not found in the KiCad configuration folder then KiCad will ask how to create this file: 3 The first option is recommended (Copy default

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 Main top menu 16 3.1 File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 8.7 ERC report file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 9.2 Netlist formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 Main top menu 14 3.1 File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 9.7 ERC report file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 10.2 Netlist formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

connections Export of plot files in many formats (Postscript, PDF, HPGL, and SVG) Bill of Materials generation (via Python scripts, which allow many configurable formats). 1.2. Technical overview Eeschema (ERC), automatically validate electrical connections. Export a netlist (Pcbnew, SPICE, and other formats). Generate the BOM (Bill of Materials). Edit footprint. Call CvPcb to assign footprints to components sheet and the parent sheet that contains it. Place a hierarchical subsheet. You must specify the file name for this subsheet. Import hierarchical labels from a subsheet. These hierarchical labels must

connections Export of plot files in many formats (Postscript, PDF, HPGL, and SVG) Bill of Materials generation (via Python or XSLT scripts, which allow many flexible formats). 1.2. Technical overview Eeschema connections. Call CvPcb to assign footprints to symbols. Export a netlist (Pcbnew, SPICE and other formats). Edit symbol fields. Generate the Bill of Materials (BOM). Call Pcbnew to perform a PCB layout subsheet and the parent sheet that contains it. Place a hierarchical subsheet. You must specify the file name for this subsheet. Import a hierarchical pin from a subsheet. This command can be executed only

Configuration and Customization Text variables Database Libraries HTTP Libraries Custom Netlist and BOM Formats Actions reference Schematic Editor Common 93 93 94 96 100 107 107 110 134 135 135 time, if the the global symbol library table file sym-lib-table is not found in the KiCad configuration folder then KiCad will ask how to create this file: 3 The first option is recommended (Copy default them, but the first option is disabled, select the second option and browse to the sym-lib-table file in the directory where the KiCad libraries were installed. If you already have a custom symbol library

Topics Configuration and Customization Text variables Database Libraries Custom Netlist and BOM Formats Actions reference Schematic Editor Common 89 90 91 94 101 101 104 130 131 131 132 connections Export of plot files in many formats (Postscript, PDF, HPGL, and SVG) Bill of Materials generation (via Python or XSLT scripts, which allow many flexible formats). The Schematic Editor supports multi-sheet time, if the the global symbol library table file sym-lib-table is not found in the KiCad configuration folder then KiCad will ask how to create this file: 3 The first option is recommended (Copy default