Is there a plugin for editing the coordinates of a zone directly? I know that you can remove or insert corners (square indices) but I would like to be able to edit directly the coordinates without having to do it with a text editor which is unnecessarily cumbersome.
Perhaps this is a feature for the 6.0 build and is in 5.99? I am using 5.1.10
Thank you
Erik
I think this should be doable via the Python scripting console in KiCad.
It’s an area I’ve not delved in much. I did manage to start it Pcbnew / Tools / Scripting Console and type some simple commands from an example.
Over here is some info on working with zones from the scripting console:
https://kicad.mmccoo.com/2018/01/11/zones-with-holes-from-svg/
I edit zones with mouse and I am seriously curious why editing it that way can be not enough easy/good for someone.
Depending on why you want to do this, you could also set the grid to the same size as the point is where you want to move a corner. This way you are sure you moved it to the correct location.
The key to easy graphical placement of zones is the grid size, both for pcb edge AND for zones.
Use a coarse grid like 5mm when setting Edge Cuts and for the zones.
Btw, unless you have a complex zone, you can place the zone edges Outside the pcb edges. It is Very easy.
I agree with the responses above.
Working on a coarse grid generally makes it quite easy to draw some zones.
I still don’t know of a direct interface to do this (Neither in V6.1.x nor in V5.99)
I did bump into this though: https://github.com/NilujePerchut/kicad_scripts/tree/master/teardrops
It is made for adding teardrops to the PCB, but according to it’s description it uses zones to create those teardrops from Python, and you could use it as a basis for modifications.
Here is another one for creating circular zones: https://github.com/jsreynaud/kicad-action-scripts
It depends on how picky you are.
We have made some desings with difficult zones. We wanted a 6 decimal coordinate while the smallest grid is 0.001mm. Just for aesthetic reasons that nobody but ourselves will ever notice. No, we are not counting electrons 
But if we wanted a 0.25 gap why stay with 0.250222 gap?
Editing corners would have been great. But I did not rise a bug (a wish) because I thought developers have better aims to improve the tool.
I can’t believe there is a pcb vendor that quotes 6 digits of accuracy on Anything. Lucky to get 2 digits on most parameters.
Fully agree. It is a matter of “taste” in the layout. We are aware that electric performance will not change, of course!
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