Thanks mate for this amazing video

wow really not showing the presentation with the talk? How USELESS.

Was keeping up until this video. You really talk and move fast, so for someone brand new to the application and process I found it hard to keep up and figure out what you were doing. "Flip it around", etc. Also, I am using Kicad version 8.0 - not sure how much the UIK has changed since this video...

This video is so messed up, like 9 minutes you do random things

Why does Kicad 8 change the component designators after I altered them. I save them with the designators I want and when I load the back in a few have changed.

Would have loved to see the finished product!

29:00 Don't stepper motors have PH connectors on their end? You've got to have the capacity to pin these. They don't mix well - especially the crimps - the connectors are fine. Keep a separate box.

Great video Chris. I know this video is 6 years old now...Digikey has done some great work with their symbol and foot print library, but, do you know of a git that has the 3D Models for all those parts in the library? The 3D Models would make their library complete !!!

For the 7555 footprint, why did we choose the one named SOIC-8 rather than SO-8? What does SOIC mean, and how are we supposed to know that when the spec sheet says SO8 we're supposed to use SOIC-8? I'm using KiCAD 8, if that matters.

Great insightful conversation .

good video

KiCad 8. Right mouse click on rectangle -> Shape modification.

How would you take that outline and make it into a filled in copper area? When I look at my 3d preview it shows my imported dxf shapes as outlines and not filled in like I would like.

Jesus Christ I can barely follow along with this guy he goes at a million miles an hour.

Great tutorials, music in the background is distracting though!

Wouldn’t it be better to avoid SMD in a beginner course?

Thank you very much!

why does he look like AI?

5 years, and still usefull. thx !

Thanks!!!

You can directly import SVGs into footprints and PCBs

When we transitioned our technicians from Eagle CAD to Kicad, your series of videos helped with the transition a ton. Thank you! 🙏🏼

Hey Ben. You and I were facebook friends a while ago. I had a custom knife made by Darryl. I love the knife, but my dog ate the sheath and was wondering if I could buy another sheath for it. Reach out if you can.

Do you maybe know how do I transfer something I have already drawn to a different layer?

This is magic.

4 minutes wasted to say essentially nothing.

Silk-screening component values is a courtesy to the person assembling/soldering the board. In a small example like this, it's not that big a deal, but as the number of components increase, it can be a pain in the butt to have to reference the component list.

Just saw an ADHD helper video - open up instructions and read the last portion first. That way you have an idea what the end goal is of all the detailed steps. Thanks for doing this.

How do you connect buses hierarchically?

Very useful, short & clear information.

Great idea! Thanks for all the incredible time and effort you have put into this site!

That's really helpful, thanks!

Can I take one of the sheets and make a pcb from it ?

The only guy who explains how to set properly the units and pins

It seems like the library is no longer maintained 😢

i need to know one thing if i can add a gnd layer in existing kicad pcb

I don't remember what video was that but in the 3D mode you made the layer transparent and you see the vias clear. How did you that as I cannot anyone who tell me....?..

Dude you seem like a genuinely good person (from your facial characteristics). BTW, i am almost finishing my second board on Kicad that i learnt from your playlist. So thanks a lot!

"aaaam"

I locked a silk screen circle pattern to keep it from moving. Now I need to move it, so how does one unlock silkscreen shape? Can’t even select the silkscreen item to edit or unlock. Do I have to scrap my PCB and start over…never locking silk screen shapes this time???!

Amazing conversation! Thank you guys!

Great video. I have a complex artwork done with modeling tool. Can I bring a stl file into a layer? I built a spiral artwork that needs to be ported to a cu layer. Would be nice to see the steps with Stl file format. Thanks

Coming from the CAD world of Solidworks I find this topic of placing and measuring componets frustrating. Why I can´t just say ok component you should be 20 mm from the edge, or you shoud be parallel with that IC ? .... I really hope they will improve on this in the future.

Hi, I am trying to add JST Connectors to Kicad 7....

Hello, thank you so much for your tutorials. They helped me a great deal and indeed I had my first PCB made with great succes. I therefore thought I could make an even simpler PCB which only has some connector pins and 2 zones. It is driving me up the wall. Things are getting worse going forward. I cannot select the front Cu zone anymore and in the 3Dview it will not show the zones. DRC shows that my connector-pins are not connected to the zones but they are on the same layer and they are the same net ! I really don't no what to do anymore.. Could you please advise ?

Why GND is Power Input, shouldn't it be Power Output ?

Wow! You look a lot like Tom Cavanagh (J.D.'s older brother Dan from Scrubs) O: You even sound alike =)

Too bad, there is clearence used to traces and edge cuts. this makes it almost usless...

I am testing this tool at the moment. Seriously considering going full Pro License

If anyone is reading this for KiCad 7.0 - go into the footprint editor and left-click to select the particular pad you'd like to edit. Right-click and select Edit Pad as Graphic shapes. Took me way too long to figure that out!