Zones Zones are filled areas (polyg

Zones Zones are filled areas (polygons). Zones, that are drawn on a copper layer and connected to certain signals, are also called planes (ground plane, power plane, etc.). The outline of a zone is drawn in the same way as tracks, where the outline width determines the radius of the zone corners. Sprint Layout closes and fills the polygons automatically. To draw a rectangle select the corresponding mode from the left sidebar: If you move the mouse to the layout, you will see an additional point in the size of the current track width. This point defines the starting point of your new zone. Click with the mouse to confirm the starting point. From now on, there is always an angled track-segment sticking on your mouse-cursor. With additional clicks you can now draw your zone.If you want to finish drawing, just click with the RIGHT mouse-button. You can now start to draw a new track. If you want to exit the track-mode just click again with the RIGHT mouse-button, or press .The zone will be closed and filled automatically. Note, that you will need at least three points for a zone. Otherwise the zone will not be created. Bend modeWhile drawing a zone, you can change the bend mode by pressing the key. There are 5 bend-modes altogether and you can simply toggle through these modes with the key. Tip:Hold down the key of your keyboard, to turn off the grid-capture, if you have to reach positions that are off the grid. The current track-width of the zone is shown in the left sidebar below the mode-buttons: Here you can change the current track-width at any time. Modify existing zonesTo modify an existing track, select the zone: The nodes of the zone will be drawn as solid blue points. You may click on a node and drag it to a new position.Virtual nodes These nodes are located in the middle of each track-segment. Just drag them to a new position to create new nodes.If you click with the RIGHT mouse button on a node, a local popup menu will appear that allows you to delete the node or adjust the node to the grid.Whenever you select a zone, the track-width of this zone is displayed in the track-width field:You may now adjust the width for the selected zone (and for all other tracks that are selected). Whenever you have selected a zone, the width-input field will be displayed in red. This indicates, that any changes of this value will now causes changes on your layout. If the properties-panel is enabled, you can make some additional settings: Zones can not only be filled solid, but also hatched.Select the Hatched option and set the thickness of the hatch.