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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 10 Sep 2010, Karl Schmidt wrote:

> There was a distinction between copper layers and tech layers - I'm assuming 
> these are all 'tech layers'?  or is this still a valid distinction?

You can't route on tech layers and IIRC they were filtered out by the
DRC.

> (also note my comments there about copper = solder-side and component = front 
> side (Many boards have parts on both front and back.) can we use better 
> nomenclature?

They are now called front and back by default (why not top and bottom
which seem to be industry standard?); anyway you can rename them

> Also, what happens with board old files? Do they get converted? Compatible 
> etc?

Guessing from his description they should be simply 'extended' on
saving.

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
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