kicad pcb layout design

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Hi everybody

Basically i have a 6 layer PCB layout design to be done using kicad with stack up as

Front.cu(SIGNAL)

Ground.cu(POWER)

Routing1.cu(SIGNAL)

Routing2.cu(SIGNAL)

Power.cu(POWER)

Back.cu(SIGNAL)

now i want to draw the ground plane on the ground layer i am bit confused how to draw ground plane and connect the component to the ground layer

any help is welcome

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Click on the “add filled zones” button. Then click on the PCB where you want the first corner of the zone. A dialog will open; here you can select your layer (Ground.Cu) and the net (GND). Then draw the other vertices of the zone.

Any through-hole component pin tied to GND in the schematic will automatically connect. For SMT, you will obviously need vias. Use the “select active layer” button to select the layers you want the via to connect (ie. top and Ground.CU)

/mike