Update PCB from Schematic
Carry the schematic's parts and nets to the board.
Electronics Designer: Update PCB from Schematic (board editor title bar) exports the schematic’s netlist with
kicad-cli sch export netlist, compares it with the board (also unsaved changes) and shows KiCad’s
dialog: every change with a checkbox (add / remove / replace footprints, change reference or value,
relink, reconnect pads, add or rename nets), the warnings, and the options (match by reference or uuid,
delete extra footprints, replace changed footprints). Update PCB applies the ticked changes as one
undo step. New footprints are placed in a row below the board, ready to move into place.
User fields of the symbols (MPN, Manufacturer, …) are copied to the footprints as KiCad 8 does (Update
fields group): missing properties are added hidden on the Fab layer, different values are updated, and
footprint properties the symbol lacks are kept. The standard fields keep their own options; ki_* and the
simulator’s Sim.* fields are never copied.