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PCB Editor

Routing

Making tracks

When routing a PCB the following is handy:

• Basic routing: key “X” at the place you want to start from

• Key “+” (numeric keypad) changes the layer (top/bottom)

• Key “V” places a Via and after placement (click the mouse) switches to the other layer.

Changing/editing tracks

Select a track segment and then:

• Press the “G” key to select not just the segment but the entire track. This makes it easy to delete a complete track instead of just one segment at a time.

• Press M to move the segment only (in a shitty way, it becomes unconnected)

• Press D to move the segment but this keeps the segment connected → this is the move you usually want. Very useful to straighten lines that have become wiggely because of the push/shove router