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[Duane Johnson <duane.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 22/04/2016 16:08, ifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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, ifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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
> >>>
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