Creating a Project
A KiCad project is a combination of multiple files that describe your printed circuit board (PCB). There will be at least one schematic file that describes the function of the PCB. It uses symbols, wires and labels to achieve this. This file is used to generate the connectivity information for the layout as well as defining which footprints will be used.
To create such a project we need to start KiCad like you would any other program.
The main window of KiCad will open. It is used to handle tasks at the project level. Use it to create or open projects and to open the tools responsible to edit project files.
Create a new project using File->New->Project (or shortcut crtl+n).
An operating system dependent file browser like tool will open. With this tool navigate to some place to store your project and enter the project name (example: first_pcb) in the input field. Create the project by selecting “save” (or the equivalent for your operating system).
The result will look something like this
