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Circular zones

Asked by Nimo

Hi all, I've had a quick google and a quick search through the answers on here, but no joy so far.
Is it possible to create circular zones? I've had a requirement to create a few circular boards lately. The board outlines, cutouts etc. have been easy, but the only way I have managed to create a circular zone so far is to approximate it with straight lines.

Just wondered if I was missing something...

Thanks,
Nick

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Best Lorenzo Marcantonio (l-marcantonio) said : 		#1

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:16:24AM -0000, Nicholas Dark wrote:
> Is it possible to create circular zones? I've had a requirement to create a few circular boards lately. The board outlines, cutouts etc. have been easy, but the only way I have managed to create a circular zone so far is to approximate it with straight lines.

You're doing the right thing. Zones have only straight edges; in the
user mailing list there are discussion on how to import various
different kind of geometries (they'll be simplified to lines, anyway)

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Nimo (nimo-labs) said : 		#2

Hi Lorenzo,
Sorry for the delayed reply, that's pretty much as I figured.

Thanks for clarifying it for me :-)

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Nimo (nimo-labs) said : 		#3

Thanks Lorenzo Marcantonio, that solved my question.