Mask is used on pretty much any design. Paste is used on any design that will be reflowed (probably 95% of designs these days, if not more) so they're hardly advanced.
On 22/04/16 07:50, Duane Johnson wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Le 22/04/2016 16:08, [email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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 >
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