diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
index 3a1fe66a79e..970189a9dd1 100644
--- a/docs/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/.gitignore
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
 # All ignores for the documentation tree live here (not in the top-level
 # .gitignore).  Paths are relative to docs/.
 
-# Rendered output: HTML, PDF, and po4a-translated .adoc all land under build/.
+# Rendered output: HTML, PDF, po4a-translated .adoc, components_gen.adoc, the
+# per-topic .html, and the .dot-rendered SVGs all land under build/ now.
 build/
 
-# Intermediate .html asciidoctor writes beside each source .adoc before the
-# copy step moves it into build/html/.
-src/*/*.html
-
-# Generated component manpage list (gen_complist.py).
-src/hal/components_gen.adoc
-
-# SVGs rendered from the .dot sources in src/code/ (CMS_buffer.svg is committed).
-src/code/homing.svg
-src/code/homing_es.svg
-src/code/hss.svg
-src/code/hss_es.svg
-src/code/task-state-transitions.svg
-src/code/task-state-transitions_es.svg
-
 # Troff manpages generated from .adoc by the asciidoctor manpage backend.
 man/man1/
 man/man3/
diff --git a/docs/po4a.cfg b/docs/po4a.cfg
index 3d9c8a1b29e..5d83aca520c 100644
--- a/docs/po4a.cfg
+++ b/docs/po4a.cfg
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 [type: AsciiDoc_def] src/hal/canonical-devices.adoc $lang:build/adoc/$lang/hal/canonical-devices.adoc
 [type: AsciiDoc_def] src/hal/comp.adoc $lang:build/adoc/$lang/hal/comp.adoc
 [type: AsciiDoc_def] src/hal/components.adoc $lang:build/adoc/$lang/hal/components.adoc
-[type: AsciiDoc_def] src/hal/components_gen.adoc $lang:build/adoc/$lang/hal/components_gen.adoc
+[type: AsciiDoc_def] build/adoc/en/hal/components_gen.adoc $lang:build/adoc/$lang/hal/components_gen.adoc
 [type: AsciiDoc_def] src/hal/general-ref.adoc $lang:build/adoc/$lang/hal/general-ref.adoc
 [type: AsciiDoc_def] src/hal/hal-examples.adoc $lang:build/adoc/$lang/hal/hal-examples.adoc
 [type: AsciiDoc_def] src/hal/halmodule.adoc $lang:build/adoc/$lang/hal/halmodule.adoc
diff --git a/docs/src/Submakefile b/docs/src/Submakefile
index 7611b346612..9452740b985 100644
--- a/docs/src/Submakefile
+++ b/docs/src/Submakefile
@@ -274,10 +274,11 @@ endif
 # hence $(MAN_SRCS) as a real prereq (the script is content-stable via
 # write_if_changed, so re-running over the same set is a no-op for
 # mtime, which keeps downstream po4a from re-firing every build).
-$(DOC_SRCDIR)/hal/components_gen.adoc: $(DOC_SRCDIR)/gen_complist.py $(DOC_SRCDIR)/hal/components.adoc $(MAN_SRCS) | manpages
+$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/hal/components_gen.adoc: $(DOC_SRCDIR)/gen_complist.py $(DOC_SRCDIR)/hal/components.adoc $(MAN_SRCS) | manpages
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	python3 $(DOC_SRCDIR)/gen_complist.py $(DOC_SRCDIR)/hal/components.adoc
 
-$(DOC_DIR)/po/documentation.pot: $(addprefix $(DOC_SRCDIR)/, $(DOC_SRCS_EN)) $(DOC_SRCDIR)/hal/components_gen.adoc
+$(DOC_DIR)/po/documentation.pot: $(addprefix $(DOC_SRCDIR)/, $(DOC_SRCS_EN)) $(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/hal/components_gen.adoc
 	cd $(DOC_DIR) && ${TIME_CMD} po4a $(PO4A_VERBOSE) --msgmerge-opt='-v' --no-translations po4a.cfg
 	@touch $@
 pofiles: $(DOC_DIR)/po/documentation.pot
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_DOCS_TRANSLATED),yes)
 # rewriting every docs/po/*.po with a fresh POT-Creation-Date on each build
 # (dirty tree + mtime cascade).  Building needs only `po4a --no-update`;
 # pot/po extraction stays on the explicit `pofiles` target.
-$(DOC_DIR)/.translateddocs-stamp: $(DOC_SRCDIR)/hal/components_gen.adoc $(wildcard $(DOC_DIR)/po/*.po) | manpages
+$(DOC_DIR)/.translateddocs-stamp: $(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/hal/components_gen.adoc $(wildcard $(DOC_DIR)/po/*.po) | manpages
 	cd $(DOC_DIR) && ${TIME_CMD} po4a $(PO4A_VERBOSE) --msgmerge-opt='-v' --no-update po4a.cfg
 	@touch $@
 translateddocs: $(DOC_DIR)/.translateddocs-stamp
@@ -425,9 +426,20 @@ clean-manpages:
 clean-translated:
 	-$(RM) -r $(GENERATED_TRANSLATED)
 
-DOTFILES=$(shell find . -name "*.dot") $(shell find ../docs/src/ -name "*.dot")
+# Docs .dot render into build/adoc/en/<topic> so docs/src stays clean.  Other
+# .dot (e.g. src/emc/motion/homing.dot, not a doc) still render beside source.
+DOC_DOTFILES := $(shell find $(DOC_SRCDIR) -name '*.dot')
+DOC_DOT_SVGS := $(patsubst $(DOC_SRCDIR)/%.dot,$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/%.svg,$(DOC_DOTFILES))
+OTHER_DOTFILES := $(filter-out $(DOC_DOTFILES),$(shell find . -name '*.dot'))
 .PHONY: svgs_made_from_dots
-svgs_made_from_dots: $(DOTFILES:.dot=.svg)
+svgs_made_from_dots: $(DOC_DOT_SVGS) $(OTHER_DOTFILES:.dot=.svg)
+
+$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/%.svg: $(DOC_SRCDIR)/%.dot
+	@mkdir -p $(@D)
+	dot -Tsvg -Gbgcolor=transparent -o$@ $<
+
+# Pattern-rule outputs; .SECONDARY so the -j build keeps them (see staging rule).
+.SECONDARY: $(DOC_DOT_SVGS)
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_DOCS_PDF),yes)
 docs: pdfdocs
@@ -521,7 +533,7 @@ $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/rouge-github.css: $(DOC_SRCDIR)/render-rouge-css.rb
 # with HTML-existence-dependent content (different miss_in_man set),
 # bumping mtime past .pot and re-triggering po4a on the next build.
 # Broken-link validation against generated HTML is checkref's job.
-$(DOC_DIR)/.gen_complist-stamp: $(DOC_SRCDIR)/hal/components_gen.adoc $(MAN_HTML_TARGETS)
+$(DOC_DIR)/.gen_complist-stamp: $(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/hal/components_gen.adoc $(MAN_HTML_TARGETS)
 	mkdir -p $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/en/hal
 	@touch $@
 
@@ -830,7 +842,7 @@ $(4)/%.pdf: $(1)/%.adoc .adoc-images-stamp $$(DOC_FONTS) | svgs_made_from_dots
 		|| (X=$$$$?; rm -f $$@ $$@.raw; exit $$$$X)
 	@test -f $$@
 endef
-$(eval $(call ASCIIDOCTOR_PDF_RULE,$(DOC_SRCDIR),^($(LANGUAGES_MATCH))/,en,objects))
+$(eval $(call ASCIIDOCTOR_PDF_RULE,$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en,^($(LANGUAGES_MATCH))/,en,objects))
 $(eval $(call ASCIIDOCTOR_PDF_RULE,$(DOC_OUT_ADOC),,$$(firstword $$(subst /, ,$$*)),$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)))
 
 # Manual pages PDF: previously produced from the generated troff files
@@ -901,7 +913,7 @@ $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/en/pdf/LinuxCNC_Manual_Pages_en.pdf: objects/LinuxCNC_Manual_Pag
 	    || (X=$$?; rm -f $@ $@.raw; exit $$X)
 	@test -f $@
 
-depends/%.d: $(DOC_SRCDIR)/%.adoc $(DOC_SRCDIR)/asciideps .include-stamp
+depends/%.d: $(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/%.adoc $(DOC_SRCDIR)/asciideps .include-stamp
 	$(ECHO) Depending $<
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(Q)$(DOC_SRCDIR)/asciideps $< > $@.tmp
@@ -925,7 +937,7 @@ $(foreach L,$(LANGUAGES),$(eval $(call TRANSLATED_DEP_RULE,$(L))))
 # to $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/<lang>/<topic>/X.html (the asciidoctor pattern rule
 # emits the .html sibling to the .adoc; no separate copy step needed for
 # translations).  We model both with one static pattern set per lang.
-$(DOC_TARGETS_HTML_EN): $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/en/%.html: $(DOC_SRCDIR)/%.html
+$(DOC_TARGETS_HTML_EN): $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/en/%.html: $(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/%.html
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	@cp $< $@
 
@@ -943,7 +955,8 @@ $(foreach L,$(LANGUAGES),$(eval $(call HTML_COPY_RULE,$(L))))
 # live at $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/en/<topic>/X.html; for translations at
 # $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/<lang>/<topic>/X.html.  The source images are in
 # $(DOC_SRCDIR)/<topic>/ regardless of language (translations are
-# image-symlinked to English originals via the sed below).
+# image-symlinked to English originals via the sed below).  Generated SVGs are
+# not in src; fall back to the English build tree where they render.
 .html-images-stamp: $(DOC_TARGETS_HTML)
 	set -e; for HTML_FILE in $^; do \
 		HTML_REL=$$(echo $$HTML_FILE | sed 's%^$(DOC_OUT_HTML)/%%'); \
@@ -953,6 +966,9 @@ $(foreach L,$(LANGUAGES),$(eval $(call HTML_COPY_RULE,$(L))))
 		for IMAGE_FILE in $$(grep -oE 'src="[^"]+"' $$HTML_FILE | sed 's/src="//;s/"$$//' | grep -vE '^https?:|^data:|^/'); do \
 			IMAGE_DIR=$$(dirname $$IMAGE_FILE); \
 			IMAGE_PATH=$(DOC_SRCDIR)/$$HTML_DIR/$$IMAGE_FILE; \
+			if [ ! -e $$IMAGE_PATH ] ; then \
+				IMAGE_PATH=$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/$$HTML_DIR/$$IMAGE_FILE; \
+			fi; \
 			mkdir -p $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/$$LANG/$$HTML_DIR/$$IMAGE_DIR; \
 			cp -f $$IMAGE_PATH $(DOC_OUT_HTML)/$$LANG/$$HTML_DIR/$$IMAGE_FILE; \
 		done; \
@@ -996,6 +1012,10 @@ endif
 		for IMAGE_FILE in $$(grep -E ^image:[^[:space:]] $$ADOC_FILE | sed -E "s/image:+([^[]+)\[/\nimage:\1\n/g" | grep image: | cut -d: -f2-); do \
 			IMAGE_DIR=$$(dirname $$IMAGE_FILE); \
 			IMAGE_PATH=$$(echo $(DOC_SRCDIR)/$$ADOC_DIR/$$IMAGE_FILE | sed -E 's%/src/($(LANGUAGES_MATCH))/%/src/%'); \
+			if [ ! -e $$IMAGE_PATH ] ; then \
+				EN_DIR=$$(echo $$ADOC_DIR | sed -E 's%^($(LANGUAGES_MATCH))/%%'); \
+				IMAGE_PATH=$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/$$EN_DIR/$$IMAGE_FILE; \
+			fi; \
 			TIMAGE_PATH=$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/$$ADOC_DIR/$$IMAGE_FILE; \
 			HIMAGE_PATH=$(DOC_OUT_HTML)/$$ADOC_DIR/$$IMAGE_FILE; \
 			mkdir -p $(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/$$ADOC_DIR/$$IMAGE_DIR; \
@@ -1046,7 +1066,34 @@ $$(patsubst %.adoc,$2/%.html,$$(DOC_SRCS_$(call toUC,$1)_SMALL)): $2/%.html: $2/
 		 -o $$@ $$< || (X=$$$$?; rm -f $$@; exit $$$$X)
 endef
 
-$(eval $(call ASCIIDOCTOR_HTML_RULE,en,$(DOC_SRCDIR),$(DOC_SRCDIR),^($(LANGUAGES_MATCH))/))
+# Stage English sources (.adoc, images, code fixtures like
+# gui/panelui_handler.py) into build/adoc/en so English renders from the build
+# tree like translations: docs/src stays clean and includes resolve relatively.
+# components_gen.adoc generates straight into build/adoc/en/hal; svgs_made_from_dots
+# runs first.  find|tar avoids an rsync dependency.  The stamp lives in build/ so
+# docclean drops it and the next build re-stages.
+EN_STAGE_TYPES := -name '*.adoc' -o -name '*.png' -o -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.jpeg' -o -name '*.gif' -o -name '*.svg' -o -name '*.py'
+EN_STAGE_SRCS := $(shell find $(DOC_SRCDIR) \( $(EN_STAGE_TYPES) \))
+$(DOC_BUILD)/.stage-en-stamp: $(EN_STAGE_SRCS) | svgs_made_from_dots
+	@mkdir -p $(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en
+	$(Q)dest=$$(cd $(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en && pwd); \
+	cd $(DOC_SRCDIR) && find . \( $(EN_STAGE_TYPES) \) -print0 \
+		| tar --null -cf - -T - | (cd "$$dest" && tar -xpf -)
+	@touch $@
+
+# Staged .adoc come from the stamp.  Order-only (|), like the translated rule
+# above: staging finishes before any consumer reads.  components_gen.adoc keeps
+# its own rule above.  tar -p preserves mtimes, so consumers still rebuild on
+# source change.
+$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/%.adoc: | $(DOC_BUILD)/.stage-en-stamp ;
+
+# Pattern-rule outputs used only as prerequisites: mark .SECONDARY so make does
+# not delete them as intermediates mid -j build (like the .SECONDARY above).
+EN_STAGED_ADOC := $(patsubst $(DOC_SRCDIR)/%,$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en/%,$(filter %.adoc,$(EN_STAGE_SRCS)))
+.SECONDARY: $(EN_STAGED_ADOC)
+
+# English now renders from build/adoc/en, the same model as the translations.
+$(eval $(call ASCIIDOCTOR_HTML_RULE,en,$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en,$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/en,^($(LANGUAGES_MATCH))/))
 $(foreach lang,$(LANGUAGES), \
 	$(eval $(call ASCIIDOCTOR_HTML_RULE,$(lang),$(DOC_OUT_ADOC),$(DOC_OUT_ADOC)/$(lang),)))
 
@@ -1083,7 +1130,7 @@ docclean:
 	-rm -f $(DOC_DIR)/.translateddocs-stamp
 	-rm -f $(DOC_DIR)/.gen_complist-stamp
 	-rm -f $(DOC_DIR)/.checkref-*-stamp
-	-rm -f $(DOTFILES:.dot=.svg)
+	-rm -f $(OTHER_DOTFILES:.dot=.svg)
 
 
 MAN_DEPS := $(patsubst $(DOC_DIR)/man/%, depends/%.d, $(MAN_SRCS))
diff --git a/docs/src/gen_complist.py b/docs/src/gen_complist.py
index 7a7f4df6374..1a1ae2481f5 100644
--- a/docs/src/gen_complist.py
+++ b/docs/src/gen_complist.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def write_if_changed(path, content):
                 return False
     except FileNotFoundError:
         pass
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok=True)
     with open(path, 'w') as f:
         f.write(content)
     return True
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ def generate_complist(complist_path):
     file1.close()
     miss_in_list = man_files.difference(complist_doc)
 
-    gen_filename = '../docs/src/hal/components_gen.adoc'
+    gen_filename = '../docs/build/adoc/en/hal/components_gen.adoc'
     parts = []
     if len(miss_in_list) > 0:
         parts.append('\n== Not categorized (auto generated from man pages)\n')