KiCad Command-Line Interface The KiCad Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad Command-Line Interface kicad-cli commands Footprint PCB Schematic Symbol Version 2 3 3 4 12 17 2 Introduction to the KiCad Command-Line Interface KiCad provides a command-line interface, which is available by running the kicad-cli binary. With the command-line interface, you can perform a number

KiCad Command-Line Interface The KiCad Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of Contents Introduction to the KiCad Command-Line Interface kicad-cli commands Footprint PCB Schematic Symbol Version 2 3 3 4 16 23 2 Introduction to the KiCad Command-Line Interface KiCad provides a command-line interface, which is available by running the kicad-cli binary. With the command-line interface, you can perform a number

capture software distributed as part of KiCad and available under the following operating systems: Linux Apple OS X Windows Regardless of the OS, all Eeschema files are 100% compatible from one OS to key often allows the canceling of a command in progress. The "Insert" key allows the duplication of the last element created. Here are the various possible command locations: 2.2. Mouse commands 2.2 Click again to place the elements. Click the right button to cancel. If a block move command has started, another command can be selected via the pop- up menu (mouse, right button): 2.3. Hotkeys The "?"

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 9.5.2 Command line format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 14.3.4.3 Generate netlist files with the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 14.3.4.4 Command line format: example for xsltproc . . . . . . . . . . . . Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 14.4 Command line format: example for python scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

capture software distributed as a part of KiCad and available under the following operating systems: Linux Apple macOS Windows Regardless of the OS, all Eeschema files are 100% compatible from one OS to Specifically: Escape key cancels the command in progress. Insert key allows the duplication of the last element created. Pressing hot keys which typically perform a select tool command and begin tool action at the elements. Click the right button or press Escape key to cancel. If a block move command has started, another command can be selected using the right-click pop-up menu. 2.2. Hotkeys The "Ctrl+F1" key

window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 10.5.2 Command line format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 10 . . . . . 138 15.3.4.3 Generate netlist files with the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 15.3.4.4 Command line format: example for xsltproc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 15.4 Command line format: example for python scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

capture software distributed as a part of KiCad and available under the following operating systems: Linux Apple macOS Windows Regardless of the OS, all KiCad files are 100% compatible from one OS to another configuration directory. The location is platform- specific: Windows: %APPDATA%\kicad\6.0\user.hotkeys Linux: ~/.config/kicad/6.0/user.hotkeys macOS: ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/6.0/user.hotkeys KiCad can select single items: Space Ctrl F1 Cmd Ctrl Option Alt 6 Modifier Keys (Windows) Modifier Keys (Linux) Modifier Keys (macOS) Selection Effect Add the item to the existing selection. + + + Remove the

Pcbnew 1.1. Description Pcbnew is a powerful printed circuit board software tool available for the Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X operating systems. Pcbnew is used in association with the schematic this: Launch Pcbnew using kicad or directly. On Windows it is in C:\kicad\bin\pcbnew.exe and on Linux you can run /usr/local/kicad/bin/kicad or /usr/local/kicad/bin/pcbnew if the binaries are located disambiguation pop-up menu display can be forced to display by holding the Ctrl key on Windows and Linux systems and holding Alt on macOS systems. 3.2.2. Blocks Selection behavior The block drag behavior

capture software distributed as a part of KiCad and available under the following operating systems: Linux Apple OS X Windows Regardless of the OS, all KiCad files are 100% compatible from one OS to another configuration directory. The location is platform- specific: Windows: %APPDATA%\kicad\6.0\user.hotkeys Linux: ~/.config/kicad/6.0/user.hotkeys macOS: ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/6.0/user.hotkeys KiCad can select single items: Space Ctrl F1 Cmd Ctrl Option Alt 6 Modifier Keys (Windows) Modifier Keys (Linux) Modifier Keys (macOS) Selection Effect Add the item to the existing selection. + + + Remove the

KiCad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1.1 Under GNU/Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1.2 Under kicad.org/ Getting Started in KiCad 2 / 43 1.1 Downloading and installing KiCad KiCad runs on GNU/Linux, Apple macOS and Windows. You can find the most up to date instructions and download links at: http://www keep the development branch as usable as possible during new feature development. 1.1.1 Under GNU/Linux Stable releases of KiCad can be found in most distribution’s package managers as kicad and kicad-doc