Does pcbNew support overlapping zones on same layer?

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Sorry, another KiCad newbie question.

I saw a priority property on zone objects, so I thought maybe overlapping, prioritized zoners were supported. But doesn’t seem to work, at least not as I expected.

For example, use rectangle zone over entire pcb on PGND net. Then, define smaller zones inside that zone as another gnd net.

Expectation is that that a hole in outer zone (with clearance) automatically gets cut for the inner zones

Does something like that exist in pcbNew, or should I just do the inside zone first then draw around it with a complicated (polygon) outer zone?

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Your gnd zones must have a highr priority than the PGND zone.
And remember that a zone is not filled unless is connected to a pad or via of the same net.

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THANKS!

Two mistakes I had–

First, I thought lower numeric value meant higher priority.

Second:

And remember that a zone is not filled unless is connected to a pad or via of the same net.\

Good to know. Any idea why it’s implemented that way? Seems like just having on the named net is a connection.

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I guess it makes it easy to spot a zone that’s not actually wired to anything. Probably a good idea–especially if an autorouter might break a zone up.

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Yes, I guess it is implemeted this way to avoid isolated zones not conected to their nets

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If you hover your mouse over the zone priority box, the explanation of higher number is priority is clear.
This was not explained well back in the KiCad 4 days

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