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From: "James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-help AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: [geda-help] Rectangles (polygons) that contact vias
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If I lay down a pair of neighboring vias that are meant to be electrically connected, and then draw a rectangle that encloses the vias, the rectangle by default avoids the vias.
I can alter this by manually editing the pcb file in a text editor and removing the “clearpoly” flag of the Polygon object, but how do I make this change from within the PCB GUI?

Thanks,
James