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["dioioib" <dioiioib@...>]

I agree that adhesive layers are hardly used but I find this has more to dowith the difficulty in using the module editor. Why is there no layer select in the module editor like there is in PCBNEW?

That particular part of kicad is horrible. Having to draw a line then rightclick to change the layer is counterproductive. The editor currently assumes you are only drawing on silkscreen. Although this is true for most of module edits if you try anything outside the superscribed functions it takes you double the required time. 

I am also curious if this addresses the errors I was finding in plotting which would integrate pad outlines on the silkscreen layers of both the Mac and Windows versions (linux was not tested)?


--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jean-pierre.charras@..." <jean-pierre.charras@...> wrote:
>
> Dick,
> Your last work is *very* good.
> The look is nice.
> Thanks.
> 
> About the comment (in pcbframe.cpp)
> " /* some layers are not visible nor editable, don't show them for 
> now: */ "
>  
> In fact they are useful here because we must be able to change the 
> color and visibility because they can be visible.
> Silkscreen and adhesive layers are visible (adhesive layer is rarely used)
> Solder mask and solder paste (used for pads) are now visible in *Hight 
> Color* mode (when they are selected as active layers)
> Since some time they are now editable because Pcbnew handle parameters 
> (global and local) to calculate pads shapes on these layers
> So masks can be same, bigger or smaller than pads (they are parameters 
> at global level, footprint level and pad level.
> 
> I planned to remove the old color dialog from preferences because the 
> new layer manager is better and faster to used,
> so having all enabled technical layers in the new layer manager is 
> important.
> 
> 
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