From 69305c4892d29768bad5d03c2a9d6d5fafd80ad4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cpu <cpu@virtonline.eu>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 20:00:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improvements

---
 .gitignore       |  2 +-
 Dockerfile.kikit | 10 ++++++++++
 Readme.md        | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 myPreset.json    |  9 ++++-----
 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Dockerfile.kikit

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1605a40..aaea73a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 panel/
-
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/Dockerfile.kikit b/Dockerfile.kikit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..863aa63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.kikit
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM kicad/kicad:10.0.4
+
+USER root
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3-pip \
+    && python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages kikit==1.8.0 \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+ENTRYPOINT ["kikit"]
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 02e11b6..daf1c59 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -44,3 +44,23 @@ See all values in [default.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/
 
 Check the kikit panelization [examples](https://yaqwsx.github.io/KiKit/latest/panelization/examples/).
 
+# The container solution
+
+Dockerfile.kikit, based on kicad/kicad:10.0.4 with KiKit 1.8.0.
+
+## Build once:
+
+```
+docker build -f Dockerfile.kikit -t kicad10-kikit:1.8.0 .
+```
+
+## Run panelization:
+
+```
+docker run --rm --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
+    -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
+    kicad10-kikit:1.8.0 \
+    panelize -p myPreset.json \
+    Board_Game_Timer.kicad_pcb \
+    panel/Board_Game_Timer_Panel.kicad_pcb
+```
diff --git a/myPreset.json b/myPreset.json
index 79fe701..95acbd7 100644
--- a/myPreset.json
+++ b/myPreset.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
     "layout": {
         "type": "grid",
-        "rows": 1,
-        "cols": 2,
+        "rows": 2,
+        "cols": 3,
         "hspace": "2.1mm",
         "vspace": "2.1mm"
     },
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@
     },
     "tooling": {
         "type": "3hole",
-        "layout": "3hole",
-        "hoffset": "6mm",
-        "voffset": "6mm",
+        "hoffset": "3mm",
+        "voffset": "3mm",
         "size": "2mm",
         "paste": true,
         "soldermaskmargin": "0mm"