I recently taught a class on KiCad to beginning users and one of the points of difficulty was understanding what so many layers are for. I was thinking, it would be nice if there were a divider in the layers panel, above which could be displayed the "commonly used layers" and below could be the "advanced layers":
F.Cu B.Cu F.SilkS B.SilkS Edge.Cuts --------- F.Adhes B.Adhes F.Paste B.Paste F.Mask B.Mask Dwgs.User Cmts.User Eco1.User Eco2.User Margin F.CrtYd B.CrtYd F.Fab B.Fab This would make things much easier for a beginner to engage with. On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 8:45 AM, jp charras <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 22/04/2016 16:08, [email protected] a écrit : > > So no layers defined for assembly as IPC-7351C suggest. > > F.Fab and B.Fab can be used for assembly drawings. This is your choice. > > > > > > > > > 2016-04-22 16:01 egunean, Chris Pavlina-(e)k idatzi du: > >> Yup. I often use it to specify regions where I don't want components > placed, > >> like to set a 5mm border around the edge to keep things from being too > close. > >> That's about what I understood its purpose to be. > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 03:56:52PM +0200, jp charras wrote: > >>> Le 22/04/2016 15:06, [email protected] a écrit : > >>> > Hello, > >>> > > >>> > I don't know really what the Margin layer (Board's edge setback > outline) is for. > >>> > What is the real use and the difference from Edge Cuts? > >>> > > >>> > I need it for a useful translation of "Board's edge setback outline" > to Spanish. > >>> > > >>> > And, are F.Fab and B.Fab for assembly drawings (part body drawings)? > >>> > > >>> > Thank you. > >>> > > >>> > Iñigo. > >>> > >>> Currently, there is no specific code for the margin layer, so it has > *currently* no specific > >>> properties. > >>> > >>> However, it is intended to define electrical margins (clearance) on a > board (first target: define a > >>> clearance for board edges or define any clearance area inside a board, > just by placing lines of > >>> defined width (clearance) on the board or on its outline) > >>> > >>> This is currently a reserved layer, until some code relative to this > layer is written. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> Post to : [email protected] > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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