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[Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Someone on the Kicad.info forum asked about this. The only documentation about it is in the pcbnew.pdf where we are told that you use it to “Draw Alignment Marks (appearing on all layers).”

Except that it doesn’t — it draws the fiducial target only on edge cuts. When you plot Gerbers with “exclude PCB edge layer from other layers” enabled (which you probably would never do, but whatever), then the alignment target never appears on any layers.

In pcbnew itself, you only see it on edge cuts; if you turn off edge cuts the target goes away. 

I don’t know if this is a bug or a feature, but at least one user (not including myself) was baffled by it.

-a