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Delete a Cutout in an existing design

I need help - new to Orcad, I am using PCB Designer 17.2.

I'm working on a PCB design that I inherited from an Evaluation Board. The design had a cutout that I need to remove. I have tried everything from enabling all layers in Colors Dialog, to searching and sub searching the web for anything relating to this.

See attached picture - how can I delete this cutout?

I hope to hell the answer is not something simple, but if it is, my bad.

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eDave over 5 years ago

It's not a cutout, it's a void in the shape probably created by a route keepout.

Remove the route keepout shape and the "cutout" should disappear
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eDave over 5 years ago

It's not a cutout, it's a void in the shape probably created by a route keepout.

Remove the route keepout shape and the "cutout" should disappear
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brianbof18 over 5 years ago in reply to eDave

Thanks eDave ! You made my weekend!

The key was the 2 words "shape" and "void" which you provided. As I'm a novice at Orcad, removing the shape was challenging. However with your suggestion and a google search I found the missing link at this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ZwtIzvcfk. The rest was trail and error but eventually I got it. Now I just have to figure out how to remove the dimension lines.

I'm an eagle user. Orcad is growing on me as each day as l learn new things. Defintely more features. Thanks for holding my hands on this one. Hope to reciprocate in the future. Best regards, stay safe.
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