M P wrote:

> if you setup a clearance rule between keepout object kind and whole board, 
> you could have outlines on keepout layer identical to real board outlines 
> (probably found on some other layer).

Yes, but then you may want to have some empty areas on the board, where you
might want to have a smaller clearance. I find it more convenient to not
(ab)use the keepout layer as board outline -- sometimes they are the same,
but that's more a coincidence than a rule, so to me it makes more sense to
just have the outline on a separate layer (mechanical layer). That then
leaves the keepout layer free for what it's meant to be: defining the areas
where placement and routing may happen -- whether or not that coincides
with the board outline.

Gerhard

 
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