That's a big question....
Have you found:
The tutorial that is in kicad is very old, but do run through it several
times, using kicad is more about getting used to how kicad does things
than anything else. (There are a lot of things on the right click context
menu, that new users often miss)
The most important thing to remember is that you WILL collect and modify
library parts and modules (especially modules) Ensure that you save
these in your OWN directories rather than in the kicad libs and mods
directories. This is because when you upgrade the program the kicad libs
and mods will be overwritten. I made the mistake on not doing this at
first... Luckily my backup system had copies.
Each of the programs in kicad has it's own help document. access via
the help menu or directly from the kicad/doc/help directory
The help files are pdf documents. There is a lot of info in them.
Other than that you just need to use the program. I'll guess that you are
really talking about hobby type projects, so just give it a go. You will
probably get into a mess with power flags, power ports and so on but just
shout here for help, we have all gone through this at one time :-)
Keep things simple at first and it will come together quite quickly.
Andy
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:40:28 -0000
"analognoise@..." <analognoise@...> wrote:
Hi, I recently got KiCad and am looking to become proficient in it.
The tutorials seem very short and cursory.
I have never designed a PCB but would like to learn.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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