pcb-rnd - tutorial index

Video tutorial series

The main tutorial for new users is our 22 minutes getting started video that guides through the first steps of the most common workflow: schematics/netlist driven design. The video is also available for download and streaming on archive.org or on youtube.

After the getting started video, the easiest path is to follow this series of short videos:

Advanced routing
- lines and rubber band (youtube)
- arc and property (youtube)
- Route styles (youtube)
- Selections (youtube)
- Polygons (youtube)
- Layers (youtube)
- Grid, snap, wireframe (youtube)
Padstacks
- padstack library (youtube)
Non-routing edits
- Text object (youtube)
- Footprint library (youtube)
- Outlines and cutouts and slots, plated/unplated (youtube)
- Object removal and buffers
Non-edit operations on boards
- Export for PCB fabbing (youtube)

There are a few video demos in the knowledge pool.

Old video tutorials

An older getting starter video, using geda for sch input: on archive.org or for streaming on youtube with files available in a pool node.

how to draw arcs (also on youtube)
how to draw text (also on youtube)
how to construct padstacks and basic footprints

Written material

The number in the tutorial title indicates the difficulty level of the tutorial.

Per feature topical howtos are normally written in the searchable knowledge pool