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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>]

Tim Hanson wrote:
> Hi Dick,
>
> No, each zone has one container ($CZONE_OUTLINE), just like in PCBNEW.
> Each triangle is saved as a closed polygon in $POLYSCORNERS. I use
> the third number to label the end of each triangle, e.g. :
> -----
> ZCorner 2700 -3800 1
> $POLYSCORNERS
> 21038 -10100 0 0
> 19976 -9050 0 0
> 19976 -10100 1 0
> -----
> Yes, PCBNEW generates gerbers from the triangle lists, and the zones
> are electrically contiguous.
>
> cheers,
>
> Tim


Thanks, nice work.

Of course the problem for PCBNEW then is that a person cannot use it to 
edit zones. It is simply a shuttle system for your app, which is an 
intermediate point on the way to generating gerbers. It essentially is 
a PCB viewer, not a full editor. Because the user cannot edit the zone 
perimeters, that is unless he has three eyes? and sees the world as 
triangles?

Correct?

Dick