Glossary

Project-specific vocabulary used throughout this documentation.

Block

A single staged transfer in the Kanzi Studio plugin. One Figma to Kanzi transfer equals one block. See Kanzi Studio plugin overview.

Bridge server

The Node.js server (feasibility-bridge/server.js) on 127.0.0.1:3847 that routes packets between Figma and Kanzi Studio. See Configuration reference.

Cloudflare Tunnel

The mechanism for online mode. Exposes the local bridge server to Figma in the browser through an ephemeral HTTPS URL. See Online mode.

Figma metadata node

The hidden Figma Bridge Metadata node under the Kanzi project RootNode that stores all importer state. Also called the sentinel node. See Figma metadata node and re-imports.

fileKey

The Figma stable identifier for a file (figmaFileKey). Kanzi Figma Importer uses the figmaFileKey to match a file across import sessions. See Configuration reference.

FVC (FigmaVariableCollection)

The single Kanzi node that hosts all imported Figma variables, paired with FVC_StateManager in the Library. See Library Assets (FVC pipeline).

KZ_* tag

A directive added to a Figma layer name in square brackets (for example [KZ_BAK]) to override the default Kanzi Figma Importer routing. See Tag cheat sheet.

Layout transfer

The pipeline that mirrors a Figma frame, component, or instance hierarchy as a Kanzi prefab tree. See Layout transfer.

Mode

A Figma variable mode (for example Light or Dark). Maps to a State in the FVC StateManager on the Kanzi side. See Library Assets (FVC pipeline).

Pending connection

A Figma plugin that has registered with the bridge server but is not yet paired with a Kanzi project. See Kanzi Studio plugin overview.

Prefab

A reusable Kanzi node template. The Layout transfer produces one prefab per Figma frame or component. See Layout transfer.

Prefab placeholder

A Kanzi Node2DPrefabPlaceholder that references an external prefab. Used for component instances in the Layout transfer. See Layout transfer.

SDF (Signed Distance Field)

The bitmap encoding used to render vector shapes in Kanzi. Each texel stores the distance to the nearest path edge. See Shape transfer.

StateManager

The Kanzi structure that holds runtime-switchable property values through mutually-exclusive States grouped under a StateGroup driven by a controller property. See Library Assets (FVC pipeline).

Variant

A specific variation of a Figma ComponentSet (for example State=Default or State=Hover). Becomes a State in a Kanzi StateManager (skeleton only — per-variant property overrides must be added manually). See Library Asset transfer.