The KiCad Team ## Reference manual ## Copyright This document is Copyright $ \copyright $ 2010-2018 by its contributors About KiCad document: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/issues • About KiCad software: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues • About KiCad translation: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad-i18n/issues version Published on May 30, 2015. #### 1.1. Description Eeschema is a schematic capture software distributed as a part of KiCad and available under the following operating systems: • Linux • Apple macOS

## Kicad Eeschema October 31, 2021 ## Contents 1 Introduction to Eeschema 1.1 Description 1.2 Technical overview 2 Generic Eeschema commands 2.1 Access to Eeschema commands 2.2 Mouse commands menu / Component Libraries 3.2.3 Preferences menu / Set Color Scheme 3.2.4 Preferences menu / Schematic Editor Options ..... 20 3.2.5 Preferences and Language ..... 21 3.3 Help menu ..... 21 General General Top Toolbar ..... 22 4.1 Sheet management ..... 22 4.2 Options of the schematic editor ..... 23 4.2.1 General options ..... 23 4.2.2 Template fields names ..... 23 4.3 Search tool ....

## Kicao The KiCad Team ## Reference manual ## Copyright This document is Copyright $ \copyright $ 2010-2015 by its contributors as listed below. You may distribute it and/or modify it under the terms here: • About KiCad document: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-doc/issues • About KiCad software: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad • About KiCad software i18n: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-i18n/issues Published on may 30, 2015. #### 1.1. Description Eeschema is powerful schematic capture software distributed as part of KiCad and available under the following operating systems: • Linux • Apple OS

The KiCad Team Schematic Editor ## Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad Schematic Editor ..... 2 Description ..... 2 Initial Configuration ..... 2 The Schematic Editor User Interface .. and selection ..... 5 Left toolbar display controls ..... 6 Schematic Creation and Editing ..... 8 Introduction ..... 8 Schematic editing operations ..... 8 Grids ..... 9 Snapping ..... 10 Annotation ..... 20 Electrical Connections ..... 23 Netclasses ..... 35 Graphical items ..... 39 Schematic Setup ..... 45 Opening legacy schematics ..... 51 Hierarchical schematics ..... 56 Introduction

The KiCad Team Schematic Editor ## Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad Schematic Editor ..... 2 Description ..... 2 Initial Configuration ..... 2 The Schematic Editor User Interface .. and selection ..... 5 Left toolbar display controls ..... 6 Schematic Creation and Editing ..... 7 Introduction ..... 7 Schematic editing operations ..... 7 Grids ..... 9 Snapping ..... 9 Designators and Symbol Annotation ..... 15 Electrical Connections ..... 17 Graphical items ..... 26 Schematic Setup ..... 28 Rescuing cached symbols ..... 28 Hierarchical schematics ..... 30 Introduction

## KiCad Eeschema October 31, 2021 ## Contents 1 Introduction to Eeschema 1.1 Description ..... 1 1.2 Technical overview ..... 1 2 Generic Eeschema commands 2.1 Mouse commands ..... 4 2.1.1 Environment Variable Substitution 37 5.1.6 Usage Patterns 38 5.1.7 Legacy Project Remapping 38 6 Schematic Creation and Editing 40 6.1 Introduction 40 6.2 General considerations 40 6.3 The development Print on paper 88 12 Symbol Library Editor 89 12.1 General Information About Symbol Libraries 89 12.2 Symbol Library Overview 89 12.3 Symbol Library Editor Overview 90 12.3.1 Main Toolbar 90

The KiCad Team Schematic Editor ## Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad Schematic Editor ..... 2 Description ..... 2 Initial Configuration ..... 2 The Schematic Editor User Interface .. and selection ..... 5 Left toolbar display controls ..... 6 Schematic Creation and Editing ..... 8 Introduction ..... 8 Schematic editing operations ..... 8 Grids and snapping ..... 9 Editing Connections ..... 25 Netclasses ..... 36 Graphical items ..... 41 Schematic editing convenience functions ..... 48 Schematic Setup ..... 48 Opening legacy schematics ..... 56 Hierarchical schematics

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 selection ..... 5 Left toolbar display controls ..... 6 回路図の作成と編集 ..... 8 はじめに ..... 8 Schematic editing operations ..... 8 Grids and snapping ..... 9 Editing object properties ..... 11 Working Connections ..... 25 Netclasses ..... 36 Graphical items ..... 41 Schematic editing convenience functions ..... 47 Schematic Setup ..... 48 Opening legacy schematics ..... 55 階層回路図 ..... 60

Schematic Editor The KiCad Team Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad Schematic Editor … 2 The Schematic Editor User Interface … 3 Navigating the editing canvas … 3 Hotkeys … 4 Selection and the the selection filter … 4 Left toolbar display controls … 6 Schematic Creation and Editing … 8 Introduction … 8 Schematic editing operations … 8 Grids and snapping … 10 Editing object properties … 11 Working Rule areas … 52 Graphics and text … 55 Groups … 67 Aligning objects … 69 Schematic editing convenience functions … 71 Schematic Setup … 73 Opening legacy schematics … 83 Multiple sheets and hierarchical

Schematic Editor The KiCad Team Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad Schematic Editor … 2 Initial Configuration … 2 The Schematic Editor User Interface … 4 Navigating the editing canvas … 4 Hotkeys Selection and the selection filter … 5 Left toolbar display controls … 6 Schematic Creation and Editing … 8 Introduction … 8 Schematic editing operations … 8 Grids and snapping … 10 Editing object properties Connections … 32 Net classes … 46 Component classes … 51 Graphics and text … 52 Schematic editing convenience functions … 64 Schematic Setup … 65 Opening legacy schematics … 76 Hierarchical schematics … 80 Introduction