Hello members of the KiCad Forums,
I am facing the challenge of adding test points to my PCB. Could you please guide me on how to draw these in my schematic so that I can have similar test points as shown in the image? Your assistance would be immensely valuable to me. Thank you very much in advance!
Best regards,
Sven
Well there are Testpoint symbols in the library, here’s the single one. Is that what you have in mind?
And after adding the testpoint in the schematic you should assign a suitable footprint, for instance Footprint “Testpoint_Pad_2x2mm” from the library “Testpoint”
That one is square, while the Wikipedia picture linked to shows a round testpoint. So I suggest to use “TestPoint Pad D1.5mm” from the same testpoint library 
The original question is also a bit ambiguous. Svenxxxx asked for a schematic symbol, but links to a picture of a PCB. But the answer is probably the same. KiCad has several symbols and a quite big library of footprints for these, and it’s also easy to make your own symbols and footprints (after a short learning curve).
Hello “retiredfeline, mf_ibfeew and Paulvdh”,
thank you very much for your answers. It has helped me and I have now been able to insert my desired test points into the schematic and position them on my board.
Thank you very much !
Best regards, Sven
@Sven76225 I have “un-selected” your solution of your own post. The intention of this “Solution” thing is to mark a post that is the best answer to the original question, so that others searching this forum for answers, are guided towards the best fitting answers. For this, an automatic direct link to the post marked as Solution is added to the original post. I will leave it up to you to decide which of the posts you find the best answer.
If you plan to use these test points for any kind of automated test using spring loaded pins I would suggest you use a pad with a plated through hole then use a pyramid type test pin. The through hole will guide and locate the test pin and give a good electrical connection.
If these test point are for manual probing you can use a pad with or without hole or even use a via and make it not covered with solder resist.
I’d go a little further and say it is better, if possible, if there is a hole. It is amazing how easily a probe slips off a flat copper surface while you are concentrating on trying to read a result on some piece of test equipment.
It is even more amazing that that probe often ends up somewhere it shouldn’t be after slipping. 
Hello “jmk” and “RaptorUK”,
Thank you very much for your contributions! I have opted for the 1.5mm test point pad, which I may consider making even smaller. The dimensions of the board I plan to replicate are 60mm by 100mm. I am currently experimenting and testing the functionalities I can implement with KiCad. It seems there are no limits here!
I will be posting a new message shortly as I intend to work on two layers. I’m still not entirely sure about the best approach. It seems my current method might be a bit complicated. Surely, there must be a more efficient way. I simply lack the experience! But I will address this in my next forum post.
Best regards,
Sven
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