Freepcb User Guide
User Manual:
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Page Count: 168 [warning: Documents this large are best viewed by clicking the View PDF Link!]
- 1. Introduction
- 2. User Guide History
- 3. Installing FreePCB
- 4. Overview of the PCB Design Process
- 5. PCB Layout
- 5.1 Screenshot
- 5.2 Menus
- 5.3 Taskbar
- 5.4 Status Bar
- 5.5 Layer List and Selection Mask
- 5.6 Function Key and Context Menus
- 5.7 Panning and Zooming
- 5.8 Projects
- 5.9 PCB Elements
- 5.10 Board Outline
- 5.11 Parts
- 5.12 Mounting Holes
- 5.13 Nets, Ratlines and Routing
- 5.14 Importing Netlist Files
- 5.15 Copper Areas
- 5.16 Text
- 5.17 Solder Mask Cutouts
- 5.18 Groups
- 5.19 Design Rule Checking
- 5.20 Exporting Drill and Gerber Files
- 6. Footprints and Libraries
- 6.1 Footprint Libraries
- 6.2 Footprint Wizard
- 6.3 Footprint Editor
- 6.3.1 The Footprint Editor Window
- 6.3.2 Footprint Elements
- 6.3.3 Starting the new footprint
- 6.3.4 Adding and Editing Pins
- 6.3.5 Adding Polylines
- 6.3.6 Modifying the Reference Designator
- 6.3.7 Saving the Footprint
- 6.3.8 Importing Footprints
- 6.3.9 Using the Footprint Wizard
- 6.3.10 Making PDF Files from Libraries
- 7. Tutorial
- 8. File Formats
- 9. License
- GNU General Public License