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["Paul \"LeoNerd\" Evans" <leonerd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 21:58:27 +0100
"Paul \"LeoNerd\" Evans" <leonerd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It almost works. This works fine for the Edge_Cuts and F_SilkS layers,
> but still the F_Mask layer comes out in "front copper" red.

More on this:

It seems there's two separate code paths that are taken here, depending
on whether soldermask min thickness is 0 or > 0.

If the min thickness is > 0 then indeed the colour is taken from the
F_Mask layer setting, so

  board.GetColorsSettings().SetLayerColor(F_Mask, colour)

is fine. But if min thickness is 0 then a totally different piece of
code comes in, and draws it instead using the PAD_FR_VISIBLE item
colour. For that we need

  board.GetColorsSettings().SetItemColor(PAD_FR_VISIBLE, colour)

Is this difference intentional? Surely one would expect the same
setting to take effect for colouring a solder mask on the plot,
regardless of whether the min thickness is 0 or > 0.

-- 
Paul "LeoNerd" Evans

leonerd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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