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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I went back to an older version of master (back around September of last
year) and I can't make a zone on a non-copper layer that behaves like a
copper zone.  Even when using the zone tool, they behave like graphic
polygons.
Were you able to do this up until Orson's recent change?  If so, how do you
do it?

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:23 PM, Andrzej Wolski <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Polygons do work, but they are different kind of object than zones and I
> think they both should be there.
>
> I think zones suppose to flood, while polygons should be always solid.
>
> Polygons do not currently have "do not show filled".
>
> There are many designs which already have zones on non coppers layers, so
> Kicad will have to support them anyway, but users won't be able to place
> new ones?
>
> Also note that there is difference in how zone vs polygon outline is
> drawn. When you draw 10x10mm zone, resulting object will have the same
> dimensions, but polygon will be 10x10mm + outline width.
>
> Andrzej
>
>
> W dniu 2018-02-24 o 00:49, Seth Hillbrand pisze:
>
> The graphical polygon tool works for non-copper layers.
>
> Andrzej, does this tool not work?
>
> -S
>
> 2018-02-23 15:28 GMT-08:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Orson,
>>
>> Is there any reason not to allow zones to be drawn on non-copper layers?
>>  The changes you made in this commit would seem to indicate there was a
>> reason not to allow this.  I'm going to hold off on rc1 until we get
>> this resolved.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 02/23/2018 06:10 PM, Andrzej Wolski wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > after this change:
>> > https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/commit/?id=fea71c9f8f02c59a0
>> 5de19293a8ce5a55432527b
>> >
>> >
>> > I can no logner draw zones on non copper layers.
>> > Was that intentional?
>> >
>> > Andrzej
>> >
>> >
>> >
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