LionCircuits Turnkey PCB Support
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How to export Pick and Place Files using KiCad?

1) Once you are in Pcbnew editor , to export Pick and Place file

go to File >> Fabrication Outputs >> Footprint Position (.pos) File

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2) A new window will pop up. Select the output directory where the files should be saved.

  • Kindly select below settings
  • Formart : CSV
  • Units : mm
  • Files : One file per side
  • Footprints Selection : With INSERT attribute set
  • and click on Generate File.


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3) Once you click Generate File a output message will be displayed as shown below

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4) As you can see separate CSV files has be exported for top and bottom

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Once you open the document it should look like this

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Kindly include both the CSV file in a single zip/rar folder and mail the zip folder to support@lioncircuits.com after placing the assembly order.

Here is the step by step Order Guide

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