Ground plane issue

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I am making a fuzz pedal for a friend based on a schematic and case I found online however I’m running into the “Missing connections between zones” for the GND plane on the back copper of my PCB layout.

I based my project on this website: ElectroSmash - You can Build the Perfect Germanium Fuzz Face and I have attached a PDF of my schematic

Fuzz Pedal.pdf (121.3 KB)

Right now with the way I have my PCB setup, it is all interconnected to one GND plane, however at J4 there is a split between the edge cuts layer due to the shape of the board, I’ll provide two pictures for more clarification.

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To get rid of this error, do I need two separate grounds? One on the Switch SW1 side and the other towards the input bias?

I made the board this shape to fit in the original enclosure they used to replicate the project since they no longer sell it on their website.

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KiCad does not have support for multiple PCB’s in one project, or for a panel which results in multiple PCB’s. The best way around is probably indeed to use different GND (and power?) nets in your schematic.

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