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[Andrzej Wolski <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have just found nice bug in 4.0.
If you first edit copper zone and set corner smoothing to chamfer, then 
you can make non copper zone with chamfered corners:
https://imgur.com/a/GsLn2

Andrzej



W dniu 2018-02-24 o 02:15, Seth Hillbrand pisze:
> Playing with the tool some more, I can see that Andrzej is right.  
> There are a number of missing features in the polygon tool that exist 
> in the zone editor.  Adding corners is a large one.
>
> If you have an existing non-copper zone, it seems you can keep it, 
> change its layer, add cut-outs, etc.  Even duplicate to create a new 
> one.  But you can't draw a brand new one.
>
> -S
>
> 2018-02-23 17:07 GMT-08:00 Andrzej Wolski <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx>>:
>
>
>         Was it ever possible to run the fill algorithm (meaning, only
>         fill in parts of a polygon outline, based on some clearance to
>         other items on the same layer) on a non-copper zone?
>
>
>     No, I didn't mean it was already possible.
>
>         Seth, yes I see that dialog too in old builds, but the outline
>         appearance doesn't do anything (because non-copper zones are
>         always shown filled, not with an outline)
>
>     Zones on paste layer shown in outline::
>     https://imgur.com/a/5g4cI
>
>     Andrzej