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Re: Why does a polygon not work for a board outline?

 

Sorry, I meant a closed polyline.

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 2 Oct 2018, at 14:41, Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 02/10/18 14:18, Jeff Young wrote:
>> Not a filled polygon, just a normal one.  Seems like the board outline algorithm could just treat a polygon as a bunch of line segments and do it’s normal thing, no?
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> Kicad assumes polygons (not zones) are objects which have a fill, but
> don't have an outline. IMHO it's logical an object without an outline
> can't serve the purpose of being the board's outline...
> 
> Tom



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