Precisely.  Any "wire" in a closed figure  drawn on layer Dimension is taken
as a board outline.   This is important to the Autorouter, which looks for a
closed figure on the dimension layer to route inside. The board can be any
shape, including round.

There is also a ULP (several of them actually) on the EALGE download site
that will autodimension your board.  I think this is useful to send as a
mechanical plot to board houses.

--Lawrence

> ooh, ooh, I think I know this one.
>
> If you go to the dimension level, and use the wire command,
> you can modify the board outline.
>
> I think...try it.
>
>
>
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> > how do I get the brd to be "odd shaped" ? Say I need
> > an octogon ?
> >
> >
> > Keith
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