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[Andrzej Wolski <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx>]

A feature I would like to add someday to Kicad is hatched fill in zones, 
so you can make copper like this:
https://imgur.com/FaCvvwi
or silkscreen like this:
https://imgur.com/NuRkTKs
or maybe soldermask like this:
https://imgur.com/v3elnHL

This is one of the reasons I would like to keep zones on non copper layers.

Andrzej


W dniu 2018-02-24 o 02:28, Wayne Stambaugh pisze:
> On 02/23/2018 08:24 PM, Andrzej Wolski wrote:
> > >  Does the polygon tool allow you to edit zones on non-copper layers 
> > > or were zones on non-copper layers saved as polygons?  If the latter 
> > > is the case then I'm guessing this change is not significant but if 
> > > that is not the case then there could be some editing issues. 
> >
> > Zones on non copper layers were saved as zones:
> >
> > (zone (net 0) (net_name "") (layer F.Mask) (tstamp 0) (hatch edge 0.508)
> >      (connect_pads (clearance 0.25))
> >      (min_thickness 0.254)
> >      (fill yes (arc_segments 16) (thermal_gap 0.508) 
> > (thermal_bridge_width 0.508))
> >      ...
> >    )
> >
> >
> > While polygons are saved as gr_poly:
> >
> > (gr_poly (pts (xy 161.19 92.85) (xy 161.19 98.63) (xy 168.14 98.63) 
> > (xy 168.14 93.32)) (layer F.Cu) (width 0.15))
> >
> > Note that there are nice features in zones like corner smoothing, 
> > fill mode, priority, etc, which could be easily added to zones on non 
> > copper layers, while graphic polygons are simple objects and do not 
> > have these features.
> >
> > Andrzej
>
> OK, I'm going to wait to hear from Orson which will probably not 
> happen until tomorrow morning.  I'm guessing pushing the branch and 
> rc1 back a day isn't going to be a show stopper.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
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