

Internal documentation of schematics has advanced with support for fonts, embedded graphics, and the inclusion of hypertext links to datasheets and other reference materials. Components selected in the schematic now remain selected while switching to the PCB Editor. Improvements to the KiCad Schematic Editor include smart wire dragging that simplifies moving components around within schematic diagrams. The project even has a preliminary support commitment from the CERN Drawing Office! Over the course of 2022, the KiCad project has grown both its development team and library team.

They reviewed what’s been bubbling up in the nightly KiCad 6 builds, what we can expect from KiCad 7, and even answered some questions from the user community. Moderated the KiCad 2022 End-of-Year Recap with several KiCad developers and librarians.
