1. Generates gerber files in correct format for production
2. Generates BOM file in correct format for production
3. Generates Pick and Place file in correct format for assembly
4. Generates IPC netlist file

Fabrication Toolkit is distributed with the official releases of KiCad 6+. Open the "Plugin and Content Manager" from the KiCad main menu and install the "Fabrication Toolkit" plugin from the selection list.

Download the latest release ZIP file. 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).

⊛ Ensure your board is syncronized before invoking this feature.

Add an 'LCSC Part #'* field with the LCSC component part number to the symbol's fields property.

The fields will be query in the order denoted above.

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.

The rotation of components in KiCad Footprints does not always match the orientation in the JLC library because KiCad and JLC PCB used different variation of the same standard. Most of the rotations may be corrected by the rotations.cf definitions. To the exception cases: add an 'JLCPCB Rotation Offset' field with an counter-clockwise orientation offset in degrees to correct this.

If the JLC preview shows a footprint like this, enter a rotation offset of -90 to rotate pin 1 to the lower right corner.

As the rotation offset is entered in the Schematic Editor, make sure to update your PCB with the changes made to the schematic before generating a new set of production files, otherwise your changes won't be reflected.

The fields will be queried in the order denoted above.

The fields will be queried in the order denoted above.

The position of components in KiCad Footprints does not always match the orientation in the JLC library because KiCad and JLCPB used different variation of the same standard. To the exception cases: add an 'JLCPCB Position Offset' field with an comma seperated x,y position offset to correct it.

As the position offset is entered in the Schematic Editor, make sure to update your PCB with the changes made to the schematic before generating a new set of production files, otherwise your changes won't be reflected.

The fields will be queried in the order denoted above.

The fields will be queried in the order denoted above.

Benny Megidish