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  17 <h1 id="pcbquickreference">PCB: Quick Reference</h1>
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  22 <h2 id="additionalinformation">Additional information</h2>
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  25 <p>
  26 More information on PCB you can find in the PCB Command reference
  27 (<em><code>refcard.pdf</code></em>) containing description of all PCB shortcuts
  28 and in the PCB Manual (<em><code>pcb.pdf</code></em> or <em><code>pcb.html</code></em>)
  29 residing in the <em><code>doc/</code></em> directory of your PCB installation
  30 (its path may vary on various systems).
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  35 <h2 id="defaultkeymapping">Default Key Mapping</h2>
  36 <div class="level2">
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  39
  40 <h3 id="allkeystrokes">All Keystrokes</h3>
  41 <div class="level3">
  42 <div class="table sectionedit1"><table class="inline">
  43         <thead>
  44         <tr class="row0">
  45                 <th class="col0 centeralign">  Key                    </th><th class="col1 leftalign"> Mnemonic           </th><th class="col2 leftalign"> Description  </th>
  46         </tr>
  47         </thead>
  48         <tr class="row1">
  49                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Esc</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> select             </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> enter select mode (same as <kbd>Space</kbd>, or <kbd>F11</kbd>)  </td>
  50         </tr>
  51         <tr class="row2">
  52                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Esc</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> end of action      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> terminate the current action, e.g. stop drawing tracks  </td>
  53         </tr>
  54         <tr class="row3">
  55                 <td class="col0 rightalign">       <kbd>Insert</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> insert point       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> enter insert point mode. Click and drag on track to insert a point  </td>
  56         </tr>
  57         <tr class="row4">
  58                 <td class="col0 rightalign">       <kbd>Return</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> click              </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> same as a click on the left mouse button  </td>
  59         </tr>
  60         <tr class="row5">
  61                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Space</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> select             </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> enter select mode (same as <kbd>Esc</kbd>, or <kbd>F11</kbd>)  </td>
  62         </tr>
  63         <tr class="row6">
  64                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Tab</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> flip up/down       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> view: vertical flip  </td>
  65         </tr>
  66         <tr class="row7">
  67                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> flip left/right    </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> view: horizontal flip  </td>
  68         </tr>
  69         <tr class="row8">
  70                 <td class="col0 rightalign">      <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> far side           </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> view: exchange the roles of front side and far side  </td>
  71         </tr>
  72         <tr class="row9">
  73                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Del</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> delete             </td><td class="col2"> delete object under the mouse cursor </td>
  74         </tr>
  75         <tr class="row10">
  76                 <td class="col0"> <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd> L-Mouse </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> delete             </td><td class="col2"> delete object under the mouse cursor (fast) </td>
  77         </tr>
  78         <tr class="row11">
  79                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Del</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> del-sel            </td><td class="col2"> delete objects in selection </td>
  80         </tr>
  81         <tr class="row12">
  82                 <td class="col0 rightalign">    <kbd>Backspace</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> del-sel            </td><td class="col2"> delete objects in selection </td>
  83         </tr>
  84         <tr class="row13">
  85                 <td class="col0 rightalign">  <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Backspace</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> del-copper         </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> deletes connected copper under the cursor. Rats are considered a connection.  </td>
  86         </tr>
  87         <tr class="row14">
  88                 <td class="col0 rightalign">   <kbd>|</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> thin-draw  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggles thin draw mode  </td>
  89         </tr>
  90         <tr class="row15">
  91                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>A</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> set same           </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> read the parameters to use for new objects from the object below the cursor.  </td>
  92         </tr>
  93         <tr class="row16">
  94                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> select-all         </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> select all objects on active layers. Deactivated layers are ignored.  </td>
  95         </tr>
  96         <tr class="row17">
  97                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> unselect           </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> clear selection  </td>
  98         </tr>
  99         <tr class="row18">
 100                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>B</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> to other side      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> flip object to the other side of the board  </td>
 101         </tr>
 102         <tr class="row19">
 103                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>C</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> center             </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> view: center display at cursor position  </td>
 104         </tr>
 105         <tr class="row20">
 106                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> copy to buffer     </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> copy selection to buffer and unselect  </td>
 107         </tr>
 108         <tr class="row21">
 109                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>D</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> display name       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> display pin or pad name  </td>
 110         </tr>
 111         <tr class="row22">
 112                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>D</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> pinout dialog      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> open pinout window for element under mouse cursor  </td>
 113         </tr>
 114         <tr class="row23">
 115                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>E</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> eliminate rats     </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> delete all rats  </td>
 116         </tr>
 117         <tr class="row24">
 118                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>E</kbd> </td><td class="col1"> eliminate some rats</td><td class="col2 leftalign"> delete selected rats  </td>
 119         </tr>
 120         <tr class="row25">
 121                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>F</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> find               </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> highlight connections to object under mouse cursor. This includes rats and objects on invisible layers  </td>
 122         </tr>
 123         <tr class="row26">
 124                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> add to found       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> add connections to object under mouse cursor to the set of found objects  </td>
 125         </tr>
 126         <tr class="row27">
 127                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> un-find            </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> un-highlight found connections  </td>
 128         </tr>
 129         <tr class="row28">
 130                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>G</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> incr grid mil      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increment grid by configured imperial increment  </td>
 131         </tr>
 132         <tr class="row29">
 133                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> decr grid mil      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrement grid by configured imperial increment  </td>
 134         </tr>
 135         <tr class="row30">
 136                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> incr grid mm       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increment grid by configured metric increment  </td>
 137         </tr>
 138         <tr class="row31">
 139                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> decr grid mm       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrement grid by configured metric increment  </td>
 140         </tr>
 141         <tr class="row32">
 142                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>H</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> hide               </td><td class="col2"> toggle the visibility of the refdes or value attached to the component under the cursor </td>
 143         </tr>
 144         <tr class="row33">
 145                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>H</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> hide sel           </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle the visibility of the refdes or value attached to selected components  </td>
 146         </tr>
 147         <tr class="row34">
 148                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>H</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> holeplate          </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle plating of a via. Used to produce non metalized mounting holes  </td>
 149         </tr>
 150         <tr class="row35">
 151                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>J</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> lineclear          </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle the polygon clear flag of the line under the cursor  </td>
 152         </tr>
 153         <tr class="row36">
 154                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>J</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> lineclear sel      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle the polygon clear flag of selected lines  </td>
 155         </tr>
 156         <tr class="row37">
 157                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>K</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> klear              </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increment clearance (soldermask to copper edge)  </td>
 158         </tr>
 159         <tr class="row38">
 160                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> klear (-)          </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrement clearance (soldermask to copper edge (NOTE: can go negative!))  </td>
 161         </tr>
 162         <tr class="row39">
 163                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> klear sel          </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increment clearance of selected objects (soldermask to copper edge)  </td>
 164         </tr>
 165         <tr class="row40">
 166                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> klear sel (-)      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrement clearance of selected objects (soldermask to copper edge)  </td>
 167         </tr>
 168         <tr class="row41">
 169                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>L</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> increase line      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increment width of the line tool, adds to the settings of the current line style  </td>
 170         </tr>
 171         <tr class="row42">
 172                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>L</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> decrease line      </td><td class="col2"> reduce the current linewidth </td>
 173         </tr>
 174         <tr class="row43">
 175                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>M</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> move to layer      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> move the object under the cursor to the current layer  </td>
 176         </tr>
 177         <tr class="row44">
 178                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>M</kbd> </td><td class="col1"> move selection to layer </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> move selected objects to the current working layer (see <a href="geda-pcb_tips.html#how_do_i_move_one_set_of_layer_tracks_to_another_layer" class="wikilink1" title="geda-pcb_tips.html">pcb tip</a>)  </td>
 179         </tr>
 180         <tr class="row45">
 181                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>M</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> move origin        </td><td class="col2"> set the origin to the current position of the mouse pointer </td>
 182         </tr>
 183         <tr class="row46">
 184                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>N</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> name               </td><td class="col2"> show object refdes / pin number at mouse pointer </td>
 185         </tr>
 186         <tr class="row47">
 187                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>N</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> next               </td><td class="col2"> Select the shortest unselected rat on the board </td>
 188         </tr>
 189         <tr class="row48">
 190                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>O</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> optimize rats      </td><td class="col2"> optimize and redraw all rats </td>
 191         </tr>
 192         <tr class="row49">
 193                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>O</kbd> </td><td class="col1"> optimize some rats </td><td class="col2"> optimize and redraw selected nets only </td>
 194         </tr>
 195         <tr class="row50">
 196                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>O</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> octagon            </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle the octagon flag of the object under the cursor  </td>
 197         </tr>
 198         <tr class="row51">
 199                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>P</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> polygon close      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> connect the first point of a polygon with the last  </td>
 200         </tr>
 201         <tr class="row52">
 202                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>Q</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> square toggle      </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle square/round corners on pads  </td>
 203         </tr>
 204         <tr class="row53">
 205                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>R</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> redo               </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> redo what was undone with undo  </td>
 206         </tr>
 207         <tr class="row54">
 208                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>R</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> report             </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> show object report  </td>
 209         </tr>
 210         <tr class="row55">
 211                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>S</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> size               </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increment size of the object under the cursor  </td>
 212         </tr>
 213         <tr class="row56">
 214                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> size (-)           </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrement size of the object under the cursor  </td>
 215         </tr>
 216         <tr class="row57">
 217                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> sizehole           </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increase the hole of the object under the cursor  </td>
 218         </tr>
 219         <tr class="row58">
 220                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> sizehole (-)       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrease the hole of the object under the cursor  </td>
 221         </tr>
 222         <tr class="row59">
 223                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> sizehole           </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increase the hole of the object under the cursor  </td>
 224         </tr>
 225         <tr class="row60">
 226                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> sizehole (-)       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrease the hole size  </td>
 227         </tr>
 228         <tr class="row61">
 229                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>T</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> text tool size     </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increase the size of new text by 10 mil  </td>
 230         </tr>
 231         <tr class="row62">
 232                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> </td><td class="col1"> text tool size (-) </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrease the size of new text by 10 mil  </td>
 233         </tr>
 234         <tr class="row63">
 235                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>V</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> view extents       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> global view of working area  </td>
 236         </tr>
 237         <tr class="row64">
 238                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> via tool dia       </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increase the diameter of new vias by 5 mil  </td>
 239         </tr>
 240         <tr class="row65">
 241                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> paste buffer       </td><td class="col2"> paste from buffer </td>
 242         </tr>
 243         <tr class="row66">
 244                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> via tool dia (-)   </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrease the diameter of new vias by 5 mil  </td>
 245         </tr>
 246         <tr class="row67">
 247                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> via tool drill     </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> increase the drill diameter of new vias by 5 mil  </td>
 248         </tr>
 249         <tr class="row68">
 250                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> </td><td class="col1"> via tool drill (-) </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> decrease the drill diameter of new vias by 5 mil  </td>
 251         </tr>
 252         <tr class="row69">
 253                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>X</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> cut to buffer      </td><td class="col2"> cut selection to buffer </td>
 254         </tr>
 255         <tr class="row70">
 256                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>Z</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> zoom               </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> view: zoom in  </td>
 257         </tr>
 258         <tr class="row71">
 259                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Z</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> un-zoom            </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> view: zoom out  </td>
 260         </tr>
 261         <tr class="row72">
 262                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F1</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> via                </td><td class="col2"> enter via tool </td>
 263         </tr>
 264         <tr class="row73">
 265                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F2</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> line               </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> enter line tool  </td>
 266         </tr>
 267         <tr class="row74">
 268                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F3</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> arc                </td><td class="col2"> enter arc tool </td>
 269         </tr>
 270         <tr class="row75">
 271                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F4</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> text               </td><td class="col2"> enter text tool </td>
 272         </tr>
 273         <tr class="row76">
 274                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F5</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> rectangle          </td><td class="col2"> enter rectangle tool</td>
 275         </tr>
 276         <tr class="row77">
 277                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F6</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> polygon            </td><td class="col2"> enter polygon tool </td>
 278         </tr>
 279         <tr class="row78">
 280                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F7</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> buffer             </td><td class="col2"> enter buffer mode </td>
 281         </tr>
 282         <tr class="row79">
 283                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F8</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> delete             </td><td class="col2"> enter remove mode </td>
 284         </tr>
 285         <tr class="row80">
 286                 <td class="col0 rightalign">           <kbd>F9</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> rotate             </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> enter rotate mode  </td>
 287         </tr>
 288         <tr class="row81">
 289                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>F10</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> file menu          </td><td class="col2"> file menu </td>
 290         </tr>
 291         <tr class="row82">
 292                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>F11</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> select             </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> enter select mode (same as <kbd>Space</kbd>, or <kbd>Esc</kbd>)  </td>
 293         </tr>
 294         <tr class="row83">
 295                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>F12</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> lock               </td><td class="col2"> enter lock mode </td>
 296         </tr>
 297 </table></div>
 298 <!-- EDIT1 TABLE [588-8546] -->
 299 </div>
 300
 301 <h3 id="viewportkeystrokes">Viewport Keystrokes</h3>
 302 <div class="level3">
 303 <div class="table sectionedit2"><table class="inline">
 304         <thead>
 305         <tr class="row0">
 306                 <th class="col0 centeralign">  Key                    </th><th class="col1 centeralign">  Mnemonic        </th><th class="col2 leftalign"> Description  </th>
 307         </tr>
 308         </thead>
 309         <tr class="row1">
 310                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>V</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> view extents     </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> global view of working area  </td>
 311         </tr>
 312         <tr class="row2">
 313                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>C</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> center           </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> centers view on cursor  </td>
 314         </tr>
 315         <tr class="row3">
 316                 <td class="col0 rightalign">            <kbd>Z</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> zoom             </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> zoom in       </td>
 317         </tr>
 318         <tr class="row4">
 319                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Z</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> un-zoom          </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> zoom out      </td>
 320         </tr>
 321         <tr class="row5">
 322                 <td class="col0 rightalign">  <kbd>|</kbd> </td><td class="col1"> thin-draw </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggles thin draw mode  </td>
 323         </tr>
 324         <tr class="row6">
 325                 <td class="col0 rightalign">          <kbd>Tab</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> flip up/down     </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> vertical flip  </td>
 326         </tr>
 327         <tr class="row7">
 328                 <td class="col0 rightalign">        <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> flip left/right  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> horizontal flip  </td>
 329         </tr>
 330         <tr class="row8">
 331                 <td class="col0 rightalign">      <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd> </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> far side         </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> exchange the roles of front and far side  </td>
 332         </tr>
 333 </table></div>
 334 <!-- EDIT2 TABLE [8579-9211] -->
 335 </div>
 336
 337 <h3 id="layers">Layers</h3>
 338 <div class="level3">
 339 <div class="table sectionedit3"><table class="inline">
 340         <thead>
 341         <tr class="row0">
 342                 <th class="col0 centeralign">  Key                                   </th><th class="col1 centeralign">  Mnemonic  </th><th class="col2 leftalign"> Description  </th>
 343         </tr>
 344         </thead>
 345         <tr class="row1">
 346                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  <kbd>1</kbd> to <kbd>9</kbd>          </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  -  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> select layers 1 to 9  </td>
 347         </tr>
 348         <tr class="row2">
 349                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  <kbd>0</kbd>                          </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  -  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> select layer 10<sup>*</sup>  </td>
 350         </tr>
 351         <tr class="row3">
 352                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>1</kbd> to <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>9</kbd>      </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  -  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> select layers 11 to 19<sup>*</sup>  </td>
 353         </tr>
 354         <tr class="row4">
 355                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>0</kbd>                        </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  -  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> select layer 20<sup>*</sup>  </td>
 356         </tr>
 357         <tr class="row5">
 358                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>1</kbd> to <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>9</kbd>      </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  -  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle visibility of layers 1 to 9<sup>*</sup>  </td>
 359         </tr>
 360         <tr class="row6">
 361                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>0</kbd>                        </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  -  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle visibility of layer 10<sup>*</sup>  </td>
 362         </tr>
 363         <tr class="row7">
 364                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>1</kbd> to <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>9</kbd>  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  -  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle visibility of 11 to 19<sup>*</sup>  </td>
 365         </tr>
 366         <tr class="row8">
 367                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>0</kbd>                      </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  -  </td><td class="col2 leftalign"> toggle visibility of 20<sup>*</sup>  </td>
 368         </tr>
 369 </table></div>
 370 <!-- EDIT3 TABLE [9230-9995] -->
 371 <p>
 372 <sup>*</sup> <sub>These accels are available in PCB, GTK GUI in versions after August 2011</sub>
 373 </p>
 374
 375 </div>
 376
 377 <h1 id="footprintquickreference">Footprint Quick Reference</h1>
 378 <div class="level1">
 379
 380 <p>
 381 The Master document for footprint creation is the PCB Manual. There is also Stuart Brorson’s Footprint Creation for the Open-Source Layout Program PCB.
 382 </p>
 383
 384 </div>
 385
 386 <h2 id="generalsyntax">General syntax</h2>
 387 <div class="level2">
 388
 389 <p>
 390 A pcb footprint file may contain any of the following commands:
 391 </p>
 392 <ul>
 393 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Element [element_flags, description, pcb_name, value, mark_x, mark_y, text_x, text_y, text_direction, text_scale, text_flags]</code></strong></div>
 394 </li>
 395 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Pad [x1 y1 x2 y2 thickness clearance mask name pad_number flags]</code></strong></div>
 396 </li>
 397 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Pin [x y thickness clearance mask drillholedia name number flags]</code></strong></div>
 398 </li>
 399 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>ElementArc [x y r1 r2 startangle sweepangle thickness]</code></strong></div>
 400 </li>
 401 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>ElementLine [x1 y1 x2 y2 thickness] –&gt; thickness != 1000 = 10 mils almost for all footprints</code></strong></div>
 402 </li>
 403 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Comment lines start with the ‘<strong><code>#</code></strong>’-sign</div>
 404 </li>
 405 </ul>
 406
 407 </div>
 408
 409 <h2 id="pcbunits">PCB Units</h2>
 410 <div class="level2">
 411
 412 <p>
 413 PCB handles metric and imperial units in the following way:
 414 </p>
 415 <ul>
 416 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> The base Imperial unit is the &quot;centimil&quot;, or 1/100 of a thousandth, or 1/100,000 inch, or 0.00001 inch.</div>
 417 </li>
 418 <li class="level3"><div class="li"> Allowable imperial value range:  &quot;0.04&quot; (0.0000004 inches) to approx. &quot;78740000&quot; (about 78-3/4&quot;)</div>
 419 </li>
 420 <li class="level3"><div class="li"> The base Metric unit is 1nm (one nanometer).  PCB parses in metric if the number has a &quot;mm&quot; behind it.</div>
 421 </li>
 422 <li class="level3"><div class="li"> Allowable metric value range:  &quot;0.000001mm&quot; to &quot;2000mm&quot;</div>
 423 </li>
 424 <li class="level3 node"><div class="li"> NOTES:</div>
 425 <ul>
 426 <li class="level4"><div class="li"> use &quot;mm&quot; after number to specify metric</div>
 427 </li>
 428 <li class="level4"><div class="li"> imperial and metric may be mixed within a footprint (!)</div>
 429 </li>
 430 </ul>
 431 </li>
 432 </ul>
 433
 434 </div>
 435
 436 <h2 id="elements">Elements</h2>
 437 <div class="level2">
 438
 439 <p>
 440 <strong><code>Element [element_flags, description, pcb_name, value, mark_x, mark_y, text_x, text_y, text_direction, text_scale, text_flags]</code></strong>
 441 </p>
 442 <div class="table sectionedit4"><table class="inline">
 443         <thead>
 444         <tr class="row0">
 445                 <th class="col0 leftalign">    </th><th class="col1 rightalign">  Allowed value (unit = 1e-5 inches) </th><th class="col2 centeralign">  Allowed Value (mm)  </th><th class="col3 centeralign">  explanation  </th><th class="col4 centeralign">  comment  </th>
 446         </tr>
 447         </thead>
 448         <tr class="row1">
 449                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  element_flags  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  unsigned hex value  </td><td class="col2 leftalign">  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td><td class="col4"></td>
 450         </tr>
 451         <tr class="row2">
 452                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  description  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  string  </td><td class="col2 leftalign">  </td><td class="col3 centeralign">  text description of footprint  </td><td class="col4 centeralign">  user-defined  </td>
 453         </tr>
 454         <tr class="row3">
 455                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  pcb_name  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  string  </td><td class="col2 leftalign">  </td><td class="col3 rightalign">  generic refdes (R?, U? etc.) </td><td class="col4 centeralign">  user-defined   </td>
 456         </tr>
 457         <tr class="row4">
 458                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  value  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  string  </td><td class="col2 leftalign">  </td><td class="col3 centeralign">  component value (layout specific)  </td><td class="col4 centeralign">  user-defined (blank)  </td>
 459         </tr>
 460         <tr class="row5">
 461                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  mark_x  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  &quot;1&quot; to ~ &quot;78740000&quot;  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  &quot;0.000001mm&quot; to &quot;2000mm&quot;  </td><td class="col3 centeralign">  (x,y) loc. of center mark  </td><td class="col4 leftalign">  </td>
 462         </tr>
 463         <tr class="row6">
 464                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  mark_y  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  &quot;1&quot; to ~ &quot;78740000&quot;  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  &quot;0.000001mm&quot; to &quot;2000mm&quot;  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td><td class="col4 leftalign">  </td>
 465         </tr>
 466         <tr class="row7">
 467                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  text_x  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  &quot;1&quot; to ~ &quot;78740000&quot;  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  &quot;0.000001mm&quot; to &quot;2000mm&quot;  </td><td class="col3 centeralign">  (x,y) loc. of REFDES  </td><td class="col4 leftalign">  </td>
 468         </tr>
 469         <tr class="row8">
 470                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  text_y  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  &quot;1&quot; to ~ &quot;78740000&quot;  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  &quot;0.000001mm&quot; to &quot;2000mm&quot;  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td><td class="col4 leftalign">  </td>
 471         </tr>
 472         <tr class="row9">
 473                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  text_direction  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  decimal integer  </td><td class="col2 leftalign">  </td><td class="col3 centeralign">  0=horiz; 1=ccw90; 2=180; 3=cw90  </td><td class="col4 leftalign">  </td>
 474         </tr>
 475         <tr class="row10">
 476                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  text_scale  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  decimal integer  </td><td class="col2 leftalign">  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td><td class="col4 centeralign">  usu. set to 100  </td>
 477         </tr>
 478         <tr class="row11">
 479                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  text_flags  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  unsigned hex  </td><td class="col2 leftalign">  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td><td class="col4 leftalign">  </td>
 480         </tr>
 481 </table></div>
 482 <!-- EDIT4 TABLE [11773-12694] -->
 483 </div>
 484
 485 <h2 id="pads">Pads</h2>
 486 <div class="level2">
 487
 488 <p>
 489 <strong><code>Pad[x1 y1 x2 y2 thickness clearance mask name pad_number flags]</code></strong>
 490 </p>
 491 <div class="table sectionedit5"><table class="inline">
 492         <thead>
 493         <tr class="row0">
 494                 <th class="col0 centeralign">  Item  </th><th class="col1 centeralign">  Allowed Value  </th><th class="col2 centeralign">  Explanation  </th><th class="col3 centeralign">  Comment  </th>
 495         </tr>
 496         </thead>
 497         <tr class="row1">
 498                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  x1  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mil  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  x (1st point)  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">   </td>
 499         </tr>
 500         <tr class="row2">
 501                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  y1  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mil  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  y (1st point)  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">   </td>
 502         </tr>
 503         <tr class="row3">
 504                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  x2  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mil  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  x (2nd point)  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">   </td>
 505         </tr>
 506         <tr class="row4">
 507                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  y2  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  y (2nd point)  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">   </td>
 508         </tr>
 509         <tr class="row5">
 510                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  thickness  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100 mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  width of metal surrounding line segment  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">see Brorson .pdf  </td>
 511         </tr>
 512         <tr class="row6">
 513                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  clearance  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100 mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  distance to any other copper on any layer  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">actually 1/2 of this number is used!  </td>
 514         </tr>
 515         <tr class="row7">
 516                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  mask  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  width of mask relief  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">actual width of the mask centered on pad copper  </td>
 517         </tr>
 518         <tr class="row8">
 519                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  name  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  string  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  name of pad (arb. string)  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">e.g. &quot;pad_1&quot; or &quot;positive&quot; or any other string  </td>
 520         </tr>
 521         <tr class="row9">
 522                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  pad_number  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  string  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  pad #  </td><td class="col3 leftalign"> used for nets. it MUST be consistent with the definitions on the netlist.  </td>
 523         </tr>
 524         <tr class="row10">
 525                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  flags  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  hex or string  </td><td class="col2 leftalign">   </td><td class="col3 leftalign"> examples:  </td>
 526         </tr>
 527 </table></div>
 528 <!-- EDIT5 TABLE [12786-13615] -->
 529 </div>
 530
 531 <h2 id="pins">Pins</h2>
 532 <div class="level2">
 533
 534 <p>
 535 <strong><code>Pin[x y thickness clearance mask drillholedia name number flags]</code></strong>
 536 </p>
 537 <div class="table sectionedit6"><table class="inline">
 538         <thead>
 539         <tr class="row0">
 540                 <th class="col0 centeralign">  Item  </th><th class="col1 leftalign"> Allowed Value  </th><th class="col2 centeralign">  Explanation  </th><th class="col3 centeralign">  Comment  </th>
 541         </tr>
 542         </thead>
 543         <tr class="row1">
 544                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  x  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  pin x coord.  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td>
 545         </tr>
 546         <tr class="row2">
 547                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  y  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  pin y coord.  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td>
 548         </tr>
 549         <tr class="row3">
 550                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  thickness  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  copper diameter  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td>
 551         </tr>
 552         <tr class="row4">
 553                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  clearance  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  2*(cu to cu clearance)  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">if you want a 10 mil clearance, put 2000 (20 mils) here  </td>
 554         </tr>
 555         <tr class="row5">
 556                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  mask  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  diameter of mask aperture  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">actual dia. of hole in mask  </td>
 557         </tr>
 558         <tr class="row6">
 559                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  drillholedia  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  1/100th mils  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  dia. of hole  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td>
 560         </tr>
 561         <tr class="row7">
 562                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  name  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  string  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  arb. pin name  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td>
 563         </tr>
 564         <tr class="row8">
 565                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  number  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  decimal integer  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  pin number used by nets/rats  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td>
 566         </tr>
 567         <tr class="row9">
 568                 <td class="col0 centeralign">  flags  </td><td class="col1 centeralign">  hex  </td><td class="col2 centeralign">  xxx  </td><td class="col3 leftalign">  </td>
 569         </tr>
 570 </table></div>
 571 <!-- EDIT6 TABLE [13708-14314] -->
 572 </div>
 573
 574 <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
 575 <div class="level2">
 576 <ul>
 577 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Pad[-24606 14760 -19538 14760 1181 2000 3181 &quot;&quot; &quot;16&quot; &quot;square&quot;]</code></strong></div>
 578 </li>
 579 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Pad[-14760 19538 -14760 24606 1181 2000 3181 &quot;&quot; &quot;17&quot; &quot;square,edge2&quot;]</code></strong></div>
 580 </li>
 581 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Pad[-240.00mil 0.0000 -80.00mil 0.0000 40.00mil 20.00mil 46.00mil &quot;2&quot; &quot;2&quot; &quot;onsolder,square&quot;]</code></strong></div>
 582 </li>
 583 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Pad[80.00mil 0.0000 240.00mil 0.0000 40.00mil 20.00mil 46.00mil &quot;1&quot; &quot;1&quot; &quot;onsolder,square,edge2&quot;]</code></strong></div>
 584 </li>
 585 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Pin[0 0 12000 2000 12500 6400 &quot;&quot; &quot;1&quot; 0×00000001]</code></strong></div>
 586 </li>
 587 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>Pin[0 0 11500 11800 35000 12500 &quot;&quot; &quot;1&quot; 0x08]</code></strong>                  &lt;-- unplated / nonplated hole</div>
 588 </li>
 589 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>ElementArc [0 0 6800 6800 0 360 1000]</code></strong></div>
 590 </li>
 591 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code>ElementLine [-26696 -26696 26696 -26696 1000]</code></strong></div>
 592 </li>
 593 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong><code># notes within PCB Footprints go after the pound sign</code></strong></div>
 594 </li>
 595 </ul>
 596
 597 </div>
 598
 599 <h1 id="pcbcommandlineactionreferenceabridged">PCB Command Line Action Reference (abridged)</h1>
 600 <div class="level1">
 601 <div class="table sectionedit7"><table class="inline">
 602         <tr class="row0">
 603                 <td class="col0" colspan="2">:FreeRotateBuffer(degrees)</td><td class="col2">Rotate buffer arbitrarily </td>
 604         </tr>
 605         <tr class="row1">
 606                 <td class="col0" colspan="2">:MoveObject(x,y,unit) </td><td class="col2">Move Absolute (x,y,mil) or Relative(+x,-y,mil)</td>
 607         </tr>
 608         <tr class="row2">
 609                 <td class="col0" colspan="2">:ChangeClearSize(Selected,&lt;amount&gt;,&lt;unit&gt;)</td><td class="col2"> Clearance Size</td>
 610         </tr>
 611         <tr class="row3">
 612                 <td class="col0" colspan="2">:ChangeSize(SelectedPins, SIZE)</td><td class="col2"> Pin Size </td>
 613         </tr>
 614         <tr class="row4">
 615                 <td class="col0" colspan="2">:ChangeSize(SelectedLines,+N,mils)</td><td class="col2"> Line Size </td>
 616         </tr>
 617         <tr class="row5">
 618                 <td class="col0" colspan="2">:MinClearGap(Selected,&lt;amount&gt;,&lt;unit&gt;)</td><td class="col2"> Clearance Gap </td>
 619         </tr>
 620 </table></div>
 621 <!-- EDIT7 TABLE [15144-15489] --><ul>
 622 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> units can be specified as mm or mil.</div>
 623 </li>
 624 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Action Reference from the PCB Manual</div>
 625 </li>
 626 </ul>
 627
 628 </div>
 629
 630 <h1 id="pcbphysicallayerreference">PCB Physical Layer Reference</h1>
 631 <div class="level1">
 632 <ul>
 633 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> outline layer reference</div>
 634 </li>
 635 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> physical layer how-to (outline, direct (x,y) footprint placement, part insertion)</div>
 636 </li>
 637 </ul>
 638
 639 </div>
 640 </body>
 641 </html>