Is there a way to avoid certain areas in tightframe mode

[racketry]

Hi,

first let me thank you for an amazing plugin! I just started using it and it is of great value.

I have a problem with my quite unusually shaped board. There is a part of the board where the USB connector is put, and it doesn't sit on top, but some of it actually "goes through" the PCB. But there is the part of the panel frame now, that is in the way.

Maybe this image can illustrate the problem better:

Is there a way to annotate or tell the kikit plugin to avoid this area?

I am aware of the "frame" type, which could be the last resort, but I would like to keep the panel as rigid as possible.

Thanks!

[yaqwsx]

At the moment, this is not possible within pure CLI options. A recommended solution is to write a framing plugin that will create a tightframe and then removes specified part of the panel substrate. However, I am aware we are lacking in documentation and examples in this regard (this is one of the targets for improvement in the upcoming release).

If excluding framing would be a common request, we could create a keepout zones for panel substrate. However, we have to came up with a way of drawing them in KiCAD.

[yaqwsx]

EDIT: I just discovered, that you can specify Edge.Cuts keepout zone in KiCAD. Therefore, it makes sense to implement it as a feature of KiKit to respect them (and remove the selected polygons from the framing).

[racketry]

Right now I have just 8 boards on the panel so it was easy to manually fix the edge lines. But I think it would be a good feature for the future. Thanks!