AI pick & place that puts parts where they belong
Decoupling caps next to the pins they decouple. Signal flow left to right. Thermal islands away from sensitive analog. PCBEditor's placement AI works the way an engineer does.
Component placement is where 80% of routing quality is determined. Bad placement leaves you fighting the auto-router for hours; good placement makes routing almost automatic.
PCBEditor's AI placement engine reads the schematic — it knows which caps decouple which pin, which traces are high-speed, which parts dissipate heat — and uses that context to arrange the board. You can lock placements, override decisions, or refine by chat.
What you get with AI Pick & Place
Schematic-aware
Reads net classes from the schematic and places accordingly: decoupling near pins, differential pairs together.
Thermal-aware
Regulators, MOSFETs, and other heat sources are placed with breathing room and thermal-relief pads.
Signal-flow aware
Inputs on one edge, outputs on the other, MCUs in the middle — the board reads top-to-bottom.
Override anywhere
Lock any part you've placed manually. The AI works around your locked components.
How it works
- 1
Have a complete schematic
Either AI-generated or imported.
- 2
Open the PCB layout view
Components arrive in a rough cluster — ready to be placed.
- 3
Run AI pick & place
Click the AI placement button; the engine arranges parts using schematic context.
- 4
Lock the placements you like
Manually adjust or lock the ones that matter most to your design.
- 5
Re-run on the unlocked parts
The AI re-arranges the rest around your locked components.