How to draw an Arrow on the silkscreen

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Hi on Kicad 9.0.3, I’m looking for a way to draw arrows on the silkscreen, so I can show that a reference is linked to a device.

I can draw the arrow head with the line tool, but that’s not very practical.
I didn’t find a plugin for it. Or a good idea to do it.

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If you have a few to do . . . practice and you get better and quicker :wink: if you have lots then, yes, you will want a specific tool

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In KiCad V8:
PCB Editor / Place / Dimension / Add Leader
Footprint Editor / Place / Add Leader

And these functions are also in the toolbar on the right side of the canvas. Do a long click on the dimensioning icon to open a selection for the type of dimensions you want to create.

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If you just want arrows as text there are many types of arrow glyphs in symbol fonts, you just have to select a suitable one.

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Here are some examples:

Arrows are here:

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Or just search for Unicode character tables online and copy / paste arrow characters.
Or check it here:

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yeah, I’ve used the font idea.
But the leader in the place menu is exactly what I was looking for. A nice arrow with a text attached to it to point at something.