freesewing/markdown/dev/reference/settings/margin/en.md

---
title: margin
---

The `margin` setting allows you to specify a part margin (in mm).
Each part will have this margin applied. The default is `2mm`.

This means that:

- At the edge of the SVG, the margin will be `margin * 1` (2mm by default)
- Between parts, the margin will be `margin * 2` (4mm by default)

Note that setting the margin to zero (or below) will cause parts to overlap.

```js
import Brian from "@freesewing/brian";

const pattern = new Brian({
  margin: 5
})
```

<Note>

###### For paperless, the minimal margin is 10mm

In paperless mode, the margin will not go below 10mm.

That is because text is not taken into account when calculating the bounding box of the part.
Since dimensions are typically the outermost elements in a paperless part,
a too narrow margin would cause the dimension text to get cut off.

</Note>