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Re: Non copper zones

 

I have a number of zones on non-copper layers in older designs.  They used
to have the attached dialog.

But setting the width of a graphical polygon to 0 removes the size
issue Andrzej mentioned.

For filling vs. non-filling, I don't personally see the usefulness in
having the fill algorithm run over a polygon that will always be filled.
But maybe there's a use-case I'm missing?

-S

2018-02-23 16:26 GMT-08:00 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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