Setting Zone's electrical properties - minimum width through Design Rules

[kcs]

Hi,

Situation: I’m importing another board from Altium to KiCad (KiCad 8). The issue I’m facing now, is that some Altium’s rules can be applied by default on planes (zones in KiCad).

Here’s a picture after import:

I have several zones with this issue and if I update one of them, KiCad’s default values take over and the zone’s connection is broken:

In my opinion, I could apply one rule that will be applied to all zones, like in Altium.
I tried the following:

(rule width_zone_to_pads
	(condition "A.Type == 'Zone'")
	(constraint track_width (min 0.1mm)))

without success…

I could change the attribute on every zones, but it is a waste of time (as I got several, like said previously):

As I saw in the PCB file, this attribute is called min_thickness:

        (zone
                (net 1)
                (net_name "+3V3")
                (layer "B.Cu")
                (uuid "removed")
                (hatch edge 0.5)
                (priority 81)
                (connect_pads yes
                        (clearance 0.5)
                )
                (min_thickness 0.25)
                (filled_areas_thickness no)
                (...

I’m already messing around a lot with ‘grep’ & ‘sed’ commands, but I’d prefer to use KiCad’s tools, as much as possible.

Is there another way to reach this goal?

Best regards!

[mf_ibfeew]

• enable properties panel on left side
• selection filter: enable “Only zones”
• CTRL+A to select all zones
• now change value for minimum width in properties panel
• ENTER to commit the changed value, LMB-click to deselect all zones, then recalculate all zones

[kcs]

Thanks a lot for the quick answer!

Though, I’m wondering, is it a choice to not have made it possible through design rules?

[Jonathan_Haas]

Just guessing, but track_width is probably the wrong setting for zones. Not sure if it’s possible, though.