pcbnew(1)
💖 NAME 💖
pcbnew — a powerful printed circuit board editor, bestie. like, powerful powerful. no cap.
pcbnew manages libraries of modules. Each module is a drawing of the physical component, including its footprint, and the layout of pads providing connections to the component. The required modules are automatically loaded during the reading of the netlist produced by pcbnew.
✨ SYNOPSIS ✨
pcbnew [boardfile]that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. you pass it a boardfile (optional, she's flexible like that) and she's off. 🦋
👑 AUTHOR 👑
Richard Antony Burton <richardaburton@gmail.com>
the icon, the legend, the moment. 🫶
okay and for the lil' receipts at the bottom of the page: this one lives in the General Commands Manual, she's pcbnew(1), and the whole thing is dated June 15, 2007. genuinely iconic of her. go lay out a board, bestie 💅🌸
📦 where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: kicad 6.0.11+dfsg-1 · GPL-3.0-or-later
- debian trixie: kicad 9.0.2+dfsg-1 · GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: kicad 6.0.2+dfsg-1 · GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: kicad 7.0.11+dfsg-1build4 · GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: kicad 9.0.3+dfsg-1
- ubuntu resolute: kicad 9.0.8+dfsg-1 · GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: kicad 10.0.6+dfsg-1 · GPL-3.0-or-later
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