FreePCB User Guide

 Version 1.2


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2. Table of Contents

1. Introduction

    1.1 What's new

2. Table of Contents

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 Design Rule Checking

    5.19 Gerber and Drill Files

6. Footprints and Libraries

    6.1 Footprint Libraries

    6.2 Footprint Wizard

    6.3 Footprint Editor

7. Tutorial

    7.1 Schematic Diagram

    7.2 Creating the Project

    7.3 Importing the Netlist File

    7.4 Drawing the Board Outline

    7.5 Adding Mounting Holes

    7.6 Placing Parts

    7.7 Adding Parts and Editing Nets

    7.8 Adding Copper Areas

    7.9 Routing

    7.10 Adding Text

    7.11 Checking Design Rules

    7.12 Making Gerber and Drill Files

8. File Formats

9. License

 

 


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