| JLC PCB Plug-in for KiCad |
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- Generates gerber files in correct format for production
- Generates BOM file in correct format for production
- Generates Pick and Place file in correct format for assembly
- Generates IPC netlist file
Open the "Plugin and Content Manager" from the KiCad main menu and install the "Fabrication Toolkit" plugin from the selection list.
Download the latest ZIP file from https://github.com/bennymeg/JLC-Plugin-for-KiCad. Open the "Plugin and Content Manager" from the KiCads main window and install the ZIP file via "Install from File".
Click on the Fabrication Toolkit 
button on the top tool box inside KiCad pcb editor (pcbnew).
Add an 'LCSC Part #'* field with the LCSC component part number to the symbol's fields property.
| 'LCSC Part #' | 'JLCPCB Part #' |
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The fields will be query in the order denoted above.
| 'LCSC' | 'JLC' | 'MPN' | 'Mpn' | 'mpn' |
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The fields will be query in the order denoted above.
Select 'Exclude from board' or 'Exclude from BOM' in the symbol's attributes property in order to ignore the footprint from the relevant file.
Select 'Exclude from position files' or 'Exclude from BOM' in the footprint's fabrication attributes property in order to ignore the footprint from the relevant file.
Benny Megidish