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Board shape
- [Instructor] We have a number of different methods to set up or change our board shape. So the first one we can take a look at is just go to my View drop-down and I would get to Board Planning Mode. So from here, we can plan out our board shape. And next go into Design and here I can redefine my board shape, Edit or Modify Board Shape, Move and so on. So let's try Redefine Board Shape, it's probably one of the simplest methods. And then I can just click to sketch out or regenerate really any board shape I like. So let's do something like this. I'm just making my board shape just a little bit larger here as an example. Yes and I've redefined this board shape just to be a larger rectangular board as an example. And if I'm happy with that, I can go back into my View and back into my standard 2D Layout Mode view. And now I have a larger PCB board. I have a number of more complex options as well. Let's say for the lily pad again, I want it to be a circular board. So one option I have if…
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