My Customized Improved Phone Case

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I'm not aware of how to render the Kicad board you have provided. But here are the common practices: **Using KiCad:** The steps would be: **Firstly, open KiCad by searching for "KiCad" in your computer. This opens a start page with icons for every tool available. - Open "Eeschema": This is the part of KiCad that you use to lay out electronic components. **Secondly, press "File," select "New Schematic", choose an area where you can draw freely:** It could be A3, but whatever you are working with. Third step. After this dialog pops up close it. **After opening Eeschema you'll get to your component page in a few minutes. The first element (in our case the IC socket is always numbered at "1"). - Press: "**Add:** In Eeschema to draw another part you need select "*Part" on toolbar: The *Library selector will show a dropdown with parts in every Library folder which have their components as schematics stored there in it and a field with its **Name, value and Reference**. In your case all libraries seem empty: so no options besides selecting another Part you could possibly be looking for. - In Eeschema the toolbar (as opposed to a typical dialog), contains the following: "Move", "**Scale", Zoom (with X2 zoom enabled)", FlipX, FlipY. **Selecting "Paste": In the past this used to insert parts, so the only option in toolbar now will be selecting an actual schematic you'll get a window allowing selecting **Position:** - you may move the item as well from position if your *Cursor: stays within the rectangle. Now all we do is place each part according to design: Then click again, after all parts have been drawn "Run": "Footprint": Select library that's appropriate and draw. - When running a net (run "**Route**"): To **Run**: A dialog shows in a few seconds for this action so if everything looks like this click yes then close the Eeschema, go to Pcbnew: After finishing placing every trace, open Footprints tab by using "Footprint": then just place every pad by mouse as a symbol in there that would correspond. When everything is correct: close Footprint, use Routing: You could see a prompt and press Ok if prompted. And now: your board. Now the way I used Eeschema looks good, even if all it takes would have been writing the components out into every part of schematic to get that look. To answer you in relation to that "Footprint" option (from Kicad's PCB), one would open this then make selections here which parts from this and also where on schematic you need these symbols placed then hit save or something like that: *Footprint Library Path:* If it seems weird, open "Eeschema", click File->Add component->Pick footprint or something. Then find it as your PC board file by choosing library folder then choose the footprint folder and select from list here which component (as long you only put symbols), so this opens the footprints. I guess that is good advice but don't use the Footprint menu unless you have finished PCB design part to insert your component because we could easily confuse them here or somewhere later as one may do all at the beginning then after running **Pcbnew** it shows the first place. If any thing appears like they didn't appear (footprint): "File" "Clear Document" - You must always have this when changing libraries on schematics: Also be prepared with "clear Document", otherwise everything would seem messy from previous work after every opening. Also you might need it in Eeschema before your run trace. Then: Save. Close everything to continue PCB: Open "**PCB**": Now this part has three tabs but just leave "Component" When placing every footprint press and then press again **Route"** on the tool panel When there is nothing that makes your net as it did with "Run" in a minute click, after closing (you can also open by shortcut - if available) And your Board. You must save this at end for use or any other purposes such when working: save more than one project files in **Documents:** Kicad directory: To answer to you second time as all traces will go into another sheet: just keep all those net paths as trace (in the trace area): when doing a layout. In every dialog we'll only show path like we would when routing with "Trace", also there won't be an easy way. It should already make that path, and after tracing click run **Generate report**: In Kicad we find that we have three trace paths that have some parts on top that are shown below to get correct answer: Now to finish you might not understand or think it is complicated, however you can add net labels from the library or add text on them for identification as your design is completed and if you wish then save and share by using Eeschema's menu, then just click open another PCB with Pcbnew tool: To get there quickly right click, select new schematic, do your project again here until satisfied after doing your projects and finally clicking close at all, press this to go to it from Eeschema which shows an options button near your footprints list. To end this message (it may take you sometime to see results): It will ask about saving so yes then: click ok now to view what you did after the schematic closes completely That was a basic use case and some Kicad board drawing tutorials I can tell. But do not get upset if that does help your KiCad tutorial; all this just took several days for me before coming here so please forgive me