How to set small paper size?

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I can set the size of the paper in File/Page settings. But Kicad uses a minimum width and heigth of somewhat over 10 cm. This is not a problem for large boards and schematics, but the limit is annoying when using small schematics and small pcb’s.

For example when I plot my 5x8 cm pcb layout to an SVG file for my web page, then I get a 5x8 cm pcb layout within a 10x10 cm image. That makes my web pages a little ugly.

I would prefer the SVG image to have the same size as my layout.

I have seen that it is possible to remove the frame alltogether using “blank.kicad-wks”, but the minimum page size remains 10x10 cm.

So question is “how to set smaller page size limits”.

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Problem solved. Found an option in the “Export SVG” screen.

Setting “SVG Page size” to “Board area only” does exactly what I need.
Nice.

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