It’s not working out well…
My version is 8.0.5.
Tried with same setting on Kicad 7, and had no problem there.
Is it just me or do anyone have same issue on the newest release?
I just verified and it does work for me. But you do have to depress b to recalculate zone boundaries after you change that setting to see it’s results.
On a sidenote, from an electrical point of view, big cuts in GND zones are very bad. It’s much better if you reduce the clearance of the zone, so the zone connects in between the connector pads.
I do not use the standard packages with 2.54mm spacing (headers, DIP IC’s etc) Instead I always modify them to have narrower oval pads, so GND can sneak inbetween while still having some copper to solder to. Every blue monday I have a fleeting thougt of making a feature request for this. I guess it would be a significant improvement if the default settings of library footprints and zone clearance worked with each other so GND can sneak in between rows of pads.
I reinstalled Kicad, and got it working by connecting a GND pin to the filled zone.
But I swear I tried the same thing before I reinstalled it…
Anyway, thank you for the reply, paulvdh
I’ve found that sometimes just closing a program and reopening it does wonders too. Not just Kicad.
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