Registration holes

[Gasman2014]

I use this technique to align the stencil to my panel. I put holes in the rails that are 2.5mm diameter and include the paste layer (so come out in the stencil). The alignment jig is a panel drilled at 10mms centres. Is there an easy way to generate the holes in the frame a fixed distance apart - eg 40mm between centres rather than a distance from the edge of the panel?

https://forum.kicad.info/t/putting-two-different-pcbs-in-one-pcg/17614/36

[yaqwsx]

Just write a post-processing script; you probably want to call panel.addNPTHole. Good starting point: https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/blob/master/doc/examples.md#i-would-like-but-kikit-does-not-support-it

[hwstar]

I want to use kikit to add left/right rails with fiducials to a board. When I use the shell script below I get slots next to the v-cut line. Is this normal in order to meet some manufacturing requirement? (see attached pic) I would think the rails would break off more cleanly if there weren't these slots. In other words, there would be more surface area for the force to be applied. Is there a way to remove the slots with some option on the command line?

Script:

kikit panelize
--layout 'grid; rows: 1; cols: 1'
--cuts 'vcuts; clearance: 1.5mm'
--framing 'railslr; width: 7mm'
--fiducials '4fid; voffset: 5mm; hoffset: 3.85mm; coppersize: 1mm; opening: 2mm'
--copperfill solid
esp32-dc-monitor-controller.kicad_pcb panel/panel-esp32-dc-monitor-controller.kicad_pcb

[yaqwsx]

I am not sure which slot you are referring to. If you mean the space between PCBs then it is given by the tabs option.

[hwstar]

I figured it out. With this set of command line arguments, the slots are no longer present:

kikit panelize
--layout 'grid; rows: 1; cols: 1'
--cuts 'vcuts; clearance: 1.5mm'
--framing 'railslr; width: 7mm; hspace:0mm; vspace:0mm; cuts:v'
--fiducials '4fid; voffset: 5mm; hoffset: 3.85mm; coppersize: 1mm; opening: 2mm'
--copperfill solid
esp32-dc-monitor-controller.kicad_pcb panel/panel-esp32-dc-monitor-controller.kicad_pcb