Zone or filled polygon?

[Rharv]

Hi All.

Which is best for a bare copper pad with 2 vias to ground, filled polygon or zone? or does it even matter?

Rich

[RaptorUK]

Filled zones can apply to multiple layers and have other properties, e.g. thermal reliefs, if you don’t currently need, and are not likely to need any of these other properties in future, for a pad, then it probably makes no difference, I’d probably use a zone though.

[Piotr]

I got déjà vu.
You have to missed the last Thursday discussion:

What is the difference between copper zone and drawing in Kicad 8.0?

I am trying to use polygon to draw tracks, and after drawing the solid polygon shape I found I can create copper zone from the shape, what’s the difference between using the shape as wire and using copper zone as wire? Does both works? [微信截图_20240925215808]