Orientation point in Edge.Cuts layer

[Thomas Gelsdorf]

When using Orientation Point(s) in PCB Layout Editor this/these are included in the generated Gerber layer 'Edge.Cuts'. I've got wrong PCBs from production containing these. I think an Orientation Point should not be transferred to a Gerber file. The 3D viewer doesn't show these outlines.

Application: kicad
Version: (2017-07-25 revision 161045f17)-makepkg, release build
Libraries: wxWidgets 3.0.2
           libcurl/7.54.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2k zlib/1.2.11 libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.19.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
- Build Info -
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.63.0
Curl: 7.54.0
KiCad - Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 with C++ ABI 1010
        Settings: USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
                  USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
                  BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
                  KICAD_USE_OCE=ON

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

Are you talking about layer alignment targets?

They are useful only for guys who make their board themselves.

It is your responsibility to know if they are needed or not.