How to make a hole cut on a PCB?

[spoontex]

Hi,

I want to make a PCB with a hole cut in the middle? How can I do in kicad?

Thanks

[636Steve]

On the edge cuts layer draw your board outline and then simply draw a circle inside your outline on the same layer for your hole.
You can check in the 3dViewer to see if it is doing what you want.

[jmk]

@636Steve

draw a circle inside your outline

Or a square or rectangle or whatever else.

Use the graphics tools on the RHS,

If you want mounting holes, there is an assortment in the “MountingHole” Footprints Libraries.

[636Steve]

@jmk

Or a square or rectangle or whatever else.

Good point

[davidsrsb]

Also consider drawing your board outline and cutout using FreeCAD and importing into the KiCad edge cuts layer.
Then you can dimension and constrain properly.
Remember that inside cut out have to have radiused corners - they are routed out during the PCB manufacture