The KiCad Team PCB Editor ## Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad PCB Editor 2 Initial configuration 2 The PCB Editor user interface 3 Navigating the editing canvas 3 Hotkeys 4 Display Scripting ..... 98 Working With IDF Component Outlines ..... 100 Actions reference ..... 109 PCB Editor ..... 109 3D Viewer ..... 120 Common ..... 122 ## Reference manual ## NOTE This manual is in https://www.kicad.org/help/report-an-issue/ B # Introduction to the KiCad PCB Editor ## I nitial configuration When the PCB Editor is run for the first time, if the global footprint table file fp-lib-table

The KiCad Team PCB Editor ## Table of Contents Introduction to Pcbnew 2 Initial configuration 2 The Pcbnew user interface 3 Navigating the editing canvas 3 Hotkeys 4 Display and selection controls Scripting ..... 81 Working With IDF Component Outlines ..... 82 Actions reference ..... 92 PCB Editor ..... 92 3D Viewer ..... 102 Common ..... 104 ## Reference manual ## NOTE This manual is in do not have hotkeys assigned by default, but hotkeys can be assigned or redefined using the hotkey editor (Preferences → Preferences... → Hotkeys). NOTE Many of the actions available through hotkeys are

degree. Pcbnew includes a Footprint Editor that allows editing of individual footprints that have been on a pcb or editing a footprint in a library. The Footprint Editor provides many time saving tools such interactive push and shove router, differential and meander trace routing and tuning, a reworked Footprint Editor, and many other features. Please note that most of these new features only exist in the new OpenGL Git is very commonly used to track changes to libraries, which can be critical to ensuring library data is safely recorded and backed up. It is easy to track changes and contribute with the official KiCad

8.2 General options 66 8.3 Netclasses 68 8.3.1 Setting routing parameters 68 8.3.2 Netclass editor 68 8.3.3 Global Design Rules 69 8.3.4 Via parameters 70 8.3.5 Track parameters 70 8.3.6 Specific .... 111 12 Footprint Editor - Managing Libraries ..... 112 12.1 Overview of Footprint Editor ..... 112 12.2 Accessing Footprint Editor ..... 113 12.3 Footprint Editor user interface ..... 113 113 12.4 Top toolbar in Footprint Editor ..... 114 12.5 Creating a new library ..... 115 12.6 Saving a footprint in the active library ..... 115 12.7 Transferring a footprint from one library to another

degree. Pcbnew includes a Footprint Editor that allows editing of individual footprints that have been on a pcb or editing a footprint in a library. The Footprint Editor provides many time saving tools such interactive push and shove router, differential and meander trace routing and tuning, a reworked Footprint Editor, and many other features. Please note that most of these new features only exist in the new OpenGL "Down" buttons in the dialog above or give the footprint a unique name using the footprint editor. ##### 2.4. Managing Footprint Libraries: .pretty repositories As of release 4.0, Pcbnew uses the

8.2 General options 60 8.3 Netclasses 62 8.3.1 Setting routing parameters 62 8.3.2 Netclass editor 62 8.3.3 Global Design Rules 63 8.3.4 Via parameters 64 8.3.5 Track parameters 65 8.3.6 Specific Footprint Editor - Managing Libraries 104 12.1 Overview of Footprint Editor 104 12.2 Accessing Footprint Editor 105 12.3 Footprint Editor user interface 105 12.4 Top toolbar in Footprint Editor 106 13.1 Footprint Editor overview ..... 112 13.2 Footprint elements ..... 112 13.2.1 Pads ..... 113 13.2.2 Contours ..... 113 13.2.3 Fields ..... 113 13.3 Starting Footprint Editor and selecting

## KiCad PI\_Editor October 31, 2021 ## Contents 1 Introduction to Pl_Editor 2 2 Pl_Editor files 2 2.1 Input file and default title block 2 2.2 Output file 2 3 Theory of operations 3 3.1 Basic Constraints 11 5.1 Page 1 constraint 11 5.2 Text full size constraint 12 6 Invoking Pl_Editor 14 7 Pl_Editor Commands 14 7.1 Main Screen 14 7.2 Main Window Toolbar 15 7.3 Commands in drawing area Publication date and software version may 23, 2015. ## 1 Introduction to PI\_Editor Pl_Editor is a page layout editor tool to create custom title blocks, and frame references. The title block, associated

The KiCad Team Schematic Editor ## Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad Schematic Editor ..... 2 概要 ..... 2 初期設定 ..... 2 The Schematic Editor User Interface ..... 4 Navigating the editing Libraries ..... 162 Custom Netlist and BOM Formats ..... 163 Actions reference ..... 179 Schematic Editor ..... 179 Common ..... 186 ## リファレンス・マニュアル NOTE This manual is in the process of being revised inoguchi> # Introduction to the KiCad Schematic Editor ## 概要 The KiCad Schematic Editor is a schematic capture software distributed as a part of KiCad and available under

which lists all the electrical connections, for other packages. Eeschema includes a symbol library editor, which can create and edit symbols and manage libraries. It also integrates the following additional key displays the current hotkey list. - Hotkeys might be redefined in Controls tab of Schematic Editor Options dialog (menu Preferences → General Options). Here is the default hotkey list: |Help (this Symbol N Edit Symbol Value V Edit Symbol Reference U Edit Symbol Footprint F Edit with Symbol Editor Ctrl+E Begin Wire W Begin Bus B End Line Wire Bus K Add Label L Add Hierarchical Label

Schematic Editor Options ..... 20 3.2.5 Preferences and Language ..... 21 3.3 Help menu ..... 21 General Top Toolbar ..... 22 4.1 Sheet management ..... 22 4.2 Options of the schematic editor .. Information About Component Libraries 79 1.2 Component Library Overview 79 1.3 Component Library Editor Overview 80 1.3.1 Main Toolbar 80 1.3.2 Element Toolbar 82 1.3.3 Options Toolbar 83 1.4 Library which list all the electrical connections, for other packages. Eeschema includes a component symbol editor, which can create and edit components and manage libraries. It also integrates the following additional