Noob question - why can't I make traces, pads hollowed

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I’ve got a really dumb new question. I’m making a pcb layout and I can’t make the traces. My pads are hollow like this and I can’t make connections ->

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I have no idea why I can’t make traces. I think I have something switched off but my knowledge is so limited, I don’t even know what to search for.

Tips really appreciated.

Thanks!
Phoenix

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The pads being hollow is a view option toggled by the highlighted button on the left:

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Drawing traces should be possible with the “add tracks” button or “route>single track” menu option since we can see the ratsnest.

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Hover your mouse over all the left and right menu items, and you can see what they do.
There is an icon on the left, for Pads as outlines/filled

There is an icon on the right called add tracks and vias, if you select that, do things change ?

You’ll probably want the Shove router : Switch view to OpenGL and Preferences.Interactive Routing to Shove()

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Thank you so very much. (=ↀωↀ=)✧