Hi,
I need to convert a polygon to a zone. This does not seem to work with KiCAD 5.99/6. If I create a rectangle I have the option to create a zone from it:
This part is false. Zones are areas that are “intelligently” filled with copper. By “intelligently” I mean avoiding other objects and subject to design rules. Polygons are purely graphical shapes, that don’t take anything else into account.
With that technicallity out of the way, I don’t see why you couldn’t convert polygons to zones. Currently there is a two step workaround, by first converting the polygon to lines and then converting those lines to a zone.
Maybe submitting a feature request would be in order.
Thanks for the reply @radix, I was not aware of the solution of making the polygon first into lines. That solves my issue. Why I expected a direct method is since that was available in 5.1.x versions. Since it was there, I guess the developers are working on putting it back into 5.99.
My point about zones being polygons was not claiming that a zone is the same thing as a polygon, it was merely stating that the zone outline is represented by a polygon (at least it looks like that if one reads the .kicad_pcb-file.
Huh? the Convert tool is new in 5.99
I’m with craftyjon.
I just checked in V5.1.9, but is see no hint of a "convert in the menu.
So if you saw it in V5.1.x, then it probably was another program instead of KiCad 
Ah, my bad. I was confusing it with creating custom pads. Never mind.
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