how can i accommodate a larger dxf import to the edge cut layer than the workspace? i searched for a way to make a larger file but found nothing really
I suggest you start with changing the title to something that describes your problem. I donât read silly noob questions.
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If youâre not sure where âPage Settingsâ are, left mouse click âFileâ.
You also have a similar option for the Schematic Editor.
Not sure why you need to make the PCB workspace larger. The title block isnât important in the layout display as opposed to the schematic display so itâs in a faded colour. Most people pay no attention to it. By default itâs not printed. After you import a larger edge boundary, you should be able to zoom back.
But if it bothers you that the layout overlaps with the title block, you can choose a large page size.
i just assumed jlc pcb wouldnt like it but there doesnt seem to be a problem, my designs uploaded fine
The drawing sheet isnât output in the fabrication files.
do i sound like the guy who called up support and asked how he was supposed to get the mouse to go more to the right because he was at the edge of the mouse pad? 
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Haha, thatâs a good one, must remember that. 
In Kicad, itâs a user choice. In fact, thereâs a checkbox to output it on all layers:
Iâm old-school enough that I still use a titleblock of sorts, but itâs just the basic facts like who itâs from and contact info and the layer names. Yes, in olden days Iâve seen fabricators mix up my layer stack and once even omit an entire internal layer. Weâd user LayerID blocks embedded in a corner of the board to visually inspect they were all there an in the correct order. Those were the days.
Back in the day, a âFab Drawingâ was in the PCB designers domain to produce and these could get quite detailed and tedious:
These days, I donât much even use the fab dwg layers except to turn them off to avoid the noise and clutter.
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im doing very simple designs of faceplates that are made to use aluminum pcb with black solder mask. the price is very nice and are cut with precision! i figured out a way to cut hinges from flat parts too so now i can make a tilt screen. quality is super for the price!
Yeah but nearly all people wouldnât want to see the title block on their PCBs from the fab. If you sent one they would probably ask do you know what youâre doing?
For personal / hobbyist type usage, I agree. However for "Professionalâ type usage not so much. In my day job, my boards go to a CM and I try to give them the same deliverables Iâve been giving them for ~20 yrs. I only migrated to KiCad about 2 yrs ago and if I do my job, they shouldnât know or care what tool I use.
Iâve also done moonlighting PCB design for like 40yrs now. I have some old-school clients who want to see old-school deliverable packages from me and this includes a more formal fab drawing. If they pay me to produce one, I deliver it.
If things like titleblocks / drill symbols drawings, stackup detail tables, dimensioned drawings, etc arenât useful and using them indicates one âdoesnât know what theyâre doingâ, then why does KiCad support them? I submit that these are features any âprofessionalâ designer would expect in a tool. Especially the grey beard âprofessionalâ type. Again, Iâd agree N/A for the personal hobbyist types, and such features ARE somewhat legacy features these days, as are grey-beard PCB designers . . .
I have to look into this. Also acrylic cutting services. Project cases are a bugbear for me. And I donât want a 3D printer. Although 3D printing can also be ordered online.
I understood this as that you want to import drawing bigger than 4x4m and as I donât know how to do it I decided to be quiet.
In past KiCad versions you were not able to move absolute origin from top left sheet corner and when entering coordinates by hand you had to enter them as absolute. As most my PCBs are symmetrical so I assumed having origin in PCB center as rationale I decided to redesign sheet frame to have no frame at all. Empty file was replaced by default frame so I left in my file two short lines making a cross at 0,0 position and since my first KiCad PCB I work around 0,0 position.
According to what I have read about KiCad coordinates - they are dword numbers expressed in um so they describe 4.294m x 4.294m workspace. And reading workspace I just was sure that you are speaking about it.
Silly me 