2.7. Create Boards

Once the schematic is (more or less) complete, you can start adding Devices to the board. For every Component in the schematic, you need to place a Device in the board (except schematic-only Components, like the schematic frame). In the Place Devices dock on the right side of the board editor you can see all unplaced Components. For every Component you can choose its corresponding Device and add them to the board:

By the way, it’s even possible to replace Devices after adding them to the board. For example you can replace a C-1210 capacitor with a C-0805 capacitor using the Device context menu:

Then you can start adding vias and traces to connect the pads together.