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[Andrew Zonenberg <azonenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Le 22/04/2016 16:08, ifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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