[SOLVED] How to globally put component pads on B.Cu back copper only?

[SembazuruCDE]

My apologies, I had also missed that your “jumpers” are actually tracks of copper etched out of the top side.

If this is a common technique that you use, you may want to start making your own versions of the footprints. This will require some significant work to start, but progressively less work the larger your own library of footprints grow. My suggestion is to modify the footprints that you use from the standard library into versions of the footprints with only B.Cu selected for the pads. If you aren’t sure of how to do this, check out this FAQ:

Creating a new footprint library

Introduction Where should i place my new library? Further reading: Library management in KiCad version 5 This depends on your personal preference. KiCad does not care where you place your libs as long as your operating system allows you to write to the selected location. If the library will be used to store project specific footprints then it makes sense to place the library file somewhere under the project directory. All other libs are best collected into a single directory that is somewhere…

If you need more of a primer and some good suggestions on how to organize your own set of libraries, check out this FAQ:

Library management in KiCad version 5

Disclaimer: screenshots taken in nightly from between version 5.0 and 5.1. Version 5.0.x looks slightly different. Version 5.1.x will look like the screenshots show. This is a detailed lecture. If you want to know how to simply add some assets you downloaded to KiCad then you can read the shorter tutorial How to get a downloaded symbol, footprint or full library into KiCad version 5? Summary KiCad does not automatically detect libraries! There is no special library location (you might still ca…

Edit: Images in the FAQ are working again.