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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 05/11/2017 à 11:48, Oliver Walters a écrit :
> How best to store the layer information then? The way I was doing it previously was:
> 
> -  F.Cu
> - *.Inner.Cu
> - B.Cu
> 
> Is this sufficient?

Yes, this is sufficient, when a keepout is inside a footprint.

The issue was the fact *.Inner.Cu information was lost with a 2 layers board, when saving this
board, or exporting to the fp editor.


> 
> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:41 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Le 05/11/2017 à 11:12, Oliver Walters a écrit :
>     > JP,
>     >
>     > Did you have any other things you want me to address here?
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > Oliver
>     >
> 
>     Yes: I did not make a lot of tests, but I found some issues (tested on W7 32 bits):
> 
>     First, Pcbnew crashed after editing (after adding a keepout) a footprint on a board in this case:
>     - select and edit a footprint (Ctrl+E) in fp editor: just add a keepout, and save it on the board.
>     - then reselect and edit this footprint a second time in fp editor: Pcbnew crashes.
> 
>     Other issues in fp editor:
>     - modifying a keepout cannot be undone.
>     - The keepout layers are no selectable: I am thinking the options: Top layer, bottom layer and
>     internal layers (existing in the first version) is really better.
>     Just this is the way these layers are managed in board editor and stored in file that was not good
>     (especially when a board has only 2 layers: the internal layers setting was lost).
> 
>     As a side effect: the look of the keepout layer dialog is not very good after resized:
>     - Create a keepout on a board: the dialog shows the layers list.
>     - After that, create a keepout in the fpeditor: the layers list is not shown, but its area exists,
>     and the look of the dialog is not good.
> 
> 
>     --
>     Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
> 


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