KiCad’s printed circuit design software. It can also export netlist files, which lists all the electrical connections, for other packages. Eeschema includes a symbol library editor, which can create and following additional but essential functions needed for modern schematic capture software: • Electrical rules check (ERC) for the automatic control of incorrect and missing connections • Export of plot files libraries and symbols. Browse symbol libraries. Annotate symbols. Electrical Rules Checker (ERC), automatically validate electrical connections. Call CvPcb to assign footprints to symbols. Export a

object properties … 11 Working with symbols … 14 Reference designators and symbol annotation … 30 Electrical connections … 32 Wires … 33 Labels … 36 Buses … 39 Power symbols … 45 No-connection flags … 46 to a design … 87 Adding hierarchical subsheets to a design … 87 Navigating between sheets … 90 Electrical connections between sheets … 90 Multipage and hierarchical design examples … 94 Inspecting a schematic Search panel … 98 Net highlighting … 99 Net navigator … 99 Cross-probing from the PCB … 101 Electrical rules checking … 101 Assigning Footprints … 115 Assigning Footprints in Symbol Properties … 115 Assigning

.... 9 Working with symbols ..... 9 Reference Designators and Symbol Annotation ..... 15 Electrical Connections ..... 17 Graphical items ..... 26 Schematic Setup ..... 28 Rescuing cached symbols Introduction ..... 30 Adding sheets to a design ..... 30 Navigating between sheets ..... 32 Electrical connections between sheets ..... 32 Hierarchical design examples ..... 34 Inspecting a schematic Net highlighting ..... 38 Cross-probing from the PCB ..... 38 Design verification with Electrical Rules Check ..... 38 Assigning Footprints ..... 44 Assigning Footprints in Symbol Properties ...

object properties … 11 Working with symbols … 13 Reference Designators and Symbol Annotation … 29 Electrical Connections … 32 Net classes … 46 Component classes … 51 Graphics and text … 52 Schematic editing schematics … 80 Introduction … 80 Adding sheets to a design … 80 Navigating between sheets … 82 Electrical connections between sheets … 82 Hierarchical design examples … 86 Inspecting a schematic … 89 Find 89 Search panel … 90 Net highlighting … 91 Net navigator … 91 Cross-probing from the PCB … 92 Electrical rules checking … 93 Assigning Footprints … 106 Assigning Footprints in Symbol Properties … 106 Assigning

.. 10 Working with symbols ..... 10 Reference Designators and Symbol Annotation ..... 20 Electrical Connections ..... 23 Netclasses ..... 35 Graphical items ..... 39 Schematic Setup ..... 45 Introduction ..... 56 Adding sheets to a design ..... 56 Navigating between sheets ..... 57 Electrical connections between sheets ..... 58 Hierarchical design examples ..... 60 Inspecting a schematic Find tool ..... 63 Net highlighting ..... 64 Cross-probing from the PCB ..... 64 Electrical Rules Check ..... 64 Assigning Footprints ..... 74 Assigning Footprints in Symbol Properties ...

.. 11 Working with symbols ..... 12 Reference Designators and Symbol Annotation ..... 23 Electrical Connections ..... 25 Netclasses ..... 36 Graphical items ..... 41 Schematic editing convenience Introduction ..... 61 Adding sheets to a design ..... 61 Navigating between sheets ..... 62 Electrical connections between sheets ..... 63 Hierarchical design examples ..... 65 Inspecting a schematic Net highlighting ..... 70 Net navigator ..... 70 Cross-probing from the PCB ..... 71 Electrical Rules Check ..... 71 Assigning Footprints ..... 81 Assigning Footprints in Symbol Properties ...

board stackup and physical parameters … 14 Configuring text and graphics … 18 Configuring design rules … 21 Embedding files … 39 Importing settings … 41 Editing a board … 44 Placement and drawing operations from PCB (back annotation) … 149 Geographical re-annotation … 152 Inspecting a board … 155 Design rules checking … 155 Board Statistics … 171 Measurement tool … 173 Find tool … 174 Search panel … 175 3D 272 Text variables … 277 Text expressions … 279 Graphical design rule editor … 287 Custom.design.rules … 293 Scripting … 0 IDF component outlines … 0 Actions reference … 0 PCB Editor … 0 3D Viewer … 0

from PCB (back annotation) … 115 Geographical re-annotation … 117 Inspecting a board … 121 Design rules checking … 121 Board Statistics … 137 Measurement tool … 139 Find tool … 139 Search panel … 140 3D 195 Advanced topics … 198 Configuration and Customization … 198 Text variables … 203 Custom design rules … 205 Scripting … 0 IDF component outlines … 0 Actions reference … 0 PCB Editor … 0 3D Viewer … 0 schematics without using any intermediate files. It can also import netlist files, which list all the electrical connections, from other packages. The PCB Editor includes a footprint library editor, which can

Search tool 23 4.3 Netlist tool 24 4.4 Annotation tool 25 4.5 Electrical Rules Check tool 27 4.5.1 Main ERC dialog 27 4.5.2 ERC options dialog 28 4.6 Bill of Material tool 29 4.7 Edit Fields Choice ..... 66 9 Design verification with Electrical Rules Check ..... 69 9.1 Introduction ..... 69 9.2 How to use ERC ..... 70 9.3 Example of ERC ..... 71 9.4 Displaying diagnostics ..... 71 71 9.5 Power pins and Power flags ..... 72 9.6 Configuration ..... 73 9.7 ERC report file ..... 74 10 Create a Netlist ..... 75 10.1 Overview ..... 75 10.2 Netlist formats ..... 76 10.3 Netlist

Netlist tool ..... 25 4.5 Annotation tool ..... 26 4.6 Electrical Rules Check tool ..... 27 4.6.1 Main ERC dialog ..... 27 4.6.2 ERC options dialog ..... 28 4.7 Bill of Material tool ..... 29 Annotation Choice ..... 57 8 Design verification with Electrical Rules Check 60 8.1 Introduction 60 8.2 How to use ERC 61 8.3 Example of ERC 61 8.4 Displaying diagnostics 61 8.5 Power pins and and Power flags 62 8.6 Configuration 63 8.7 ERC report file 64 9 Create a Netlist 65 9.1 Overview 65 9.2 Netlist formats 65 9.3 Netlist examples 66 9.4 Notes on Netlists 69 9.4.1 Netlist