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This topic is an index to answers for frequently asked questions about KiCad. General tutorials Where is the official documentation? Tutorial: Introduction to PCB design with KiCad version 5.1 (Getting Started) Is the…

4 11206 May 10, 2019
About the FAQ category
1 646 November 21, 2017
How to get a downloaded symbol, footprint or full library into KiCad version 5?
tutorial
1 4140 October 21, 2019
Is it a good idea to use a nightly build version?
1 8674 January 16, 2018
Coordinate system, grid and origins in Pcbnew (especially version 5.99)
1 205 August 28, 2020
Electrical type of schematic symbol pins (KiCad 4 and KiCad 5)
1 10340 January 27, 2018
Castellated edge; plated half holes in board edge
1 413 July 22, 2020
Converting KiCad version 4 projects to version 5 (Remap a project)
tutorial
1 5269 November 21, 2018
How does solder mask layer work?
1 3523 September 4, 2019
I come from Eagle. What should i know about KiCad?
eagle
1 658 April 24, 2020
How to connect a wire to the PCB?
1 3312 July 29, 2019
What are the cache and rescue libs and how does the schematic rescue dialog work? (KiCad version 5.x and earlier)
1 740 February 8, 2020
What is the difference between step and wrl 3d models?
1 1992 June 2, 2019
Off-Board Components in KiCad 5
tutorial
1 505 April 14, 2020
Creating a new symbol library and a new symbol in KiCad 5
tutorial
1 5939 October 29, 2018
How to create a bill of materials (BOM)?
tutorial
1 30489 September 1, 2018
Tutorial: Introduction to PCB design with KiCad version 5.1 (Getting Started)
tutorial
7 5083 January 26, 2020
Project and libary setup for sharing and collaboration
4 1579 March 28, 2020
Library management in KiCad version 5
1 36105 January 11, 2019
How to create a power plane (using zones)
2 3571 October 11, 2019
Update PCB from Schematic's match methods
1 661 March 9, 2020
Tutorial: How to check footprint correctness?
tutorial
2 3855 February 22, 2020
Hierarchical or flat schematic design, what is best for me? (How to deal with multi page schematics?)
1 5137 April 20, 2019
What is the meaning of the layers in pcb_new and in the footprint editor?
1 18399 February 20, 2018
Creating a new footprint library
tutorial
3 12082 January 12, 2020
RF Designing Tips
1 694 January 6, 2020
Tutorial: How to make a footprint in KiCad 5.1.x (From scratch)?
tutorial
5 23879 January 11, 2019
How can I help improve KiCad?
1 1140 February 14, 2019
FAQ renaming a project
6 1502 December 8, 2019
How does KiCad know which symbol pin represents which pad of the footprint?
1 5228 August 3, 2018