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jeffeb3 6 years ago
I'm trying to make a schematic and an associated PCB for a specific ESP32 board. I'm trying to make a "library" because I want to put it in several designs (and share with others). I'm new to all of this, but I think I'm doing almost the right thing.  - I have a new "Schematic Lib..." where I've laid out and labeled the pins in a logical manner.  - I have a new "PCB Lib" where I've laid out the pins, and made sure the pin numbers match the ones in the schematic (I hope).  - I have a dummy design where I can place the part, and "update" it with the PCB Lib when I generate a PCB for the dummy design. Two things I'm missing: 1) How can I draw the shape of the board, and some defining features in the "PCB Lib" editor? It doesn't seem to have even a rectangle tool to draw. I'd like to make something for the silkscreen to help orient the part when it's placed on the final boards. It would also be good to have some kind of visual of the size of the part, so that you don't put other parts too close (Is there a layer that doesn't end up on the boards? 2) How can I connect these two things? Is there a way to connect them permanently so that people can easily use them together?
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jeffeb3 6 years ago
w.r.t. 1) It looks like I can choose layers (either the top/bottom silk layer or the document layer) and use the "Solid Region" tool, and then right click->attributes and change it to "cutout" which will let me at least make outlines. I don't see anywhere to adjust the thickness of the lines or anything, but this will do for now.
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andyfierman 6 years ago
1) The "Cutout" tool has specific uses but not for board or component outlines. For component outlines, use the Track tool and draw the component outline on the top or bottom silkscreen layer. For board outlines, use the Track tool and draw the board outline on the board outline layer. 2) The simplest and most foolproof way to tie the schematic symbol and the PCB footprint together is to; a) give the symbol and the footprint the same name; b) set the package attribute of the schematic symbol to the name of the PCB footprint. Then when you save the symbol and the package the symbol will point to the appropriate package and, when searching for the symbol, both will appear as previews when the symbol is selected in the search results list. For more, please see: [https://easyeda\.com/andyfierman/Welcome\_to\_EasyEDA\-31e1288f882e49e582699b8eb7fe9b1f](https://easyeda.com/andyfierman/Welcome_to_EasyEDA-31e1288f882e49e582699b8eb7fe9b1f)
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jeffeb3 6 years ago
Perfect. Both solutions worked great. I would expect this information (especially the Trace Tool description) on this page: [https://docs.easyeda.com/en/PCBLib/PCBLib-Create/index.html](https://docs.easyeda.com/en/PCBLib/PCBLib-Create/index.html) I am cruising along though, thank you!
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UserSupport 6 years ago
@jeffeb3 [https://docs.easyeda.com/en/PCB/PCB-Tools/index.html#Track](https://docs.easyeda.com/en/PCB/PCB-Tools/index.html#Track)
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