PCB footprints, generated by AI
Upload a datasheet or paste a part number. Get a manufacturer-accurate footprint with pads, courtyard, and silkscreen — ready to drop into your board.
Hunting for the right footprint is one of the slowest parts of PCB design. Library mismatches between EDA tools, datasheets with conflicting dimensions, and one-off connectors that nobody has drawn yet all eat hours per project.
PCBEditor's AI footprint generator reads the datasheet directly — the pad layout, the courtyard, the silkscreen — and produces an IPC-compliant footprint you can drop into your board immediately. Export to KiCad if you want to keep it in your personal library.
What you get with AI Footprint Generator
Datasheet → footprint
Upload a PDF or paste a part number. The AI extracts pad dimensions, pitch, courtyard, and produces a footprint.
IPC-compliant by default
Footprints follow IPC-7351 land-pattern recommendations unless you override them.
Connector and LED specialized
Particularly strong on the slow cases — odd connector footprints and LED packages where libraries are spotty.
KiCad-compatible export
Generated footprints export cleanly to KiCad's footprint library format.
How it works
- 1
Open the footprint generator
From any project, open the AI footprint panel.
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Provide the part
Upload the datasheet PDF, paste a part number, or describe the package (e.g. "SOIC-8 1.27mm pitch").
- 3
Review the generated footprint
Inspect pad sizes, courtyard, and silkscreen — adjust if needed.
- 4
Drop into your board
Place the footprint directly, or save it to your project's library for reuse.