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Le 31/01/2018 à 16:47, Jeff Young a écrit :
> When we display the layers of a pad, we display the top-most and bottom-most layers, and then
> include “Internal” if there are also any internal layers, and “Non-copper” if there are also any
> non-copper layers.
> 
> Sounds good so far.  Unfortunately, the composed string can be confusing:
> 
> Pad 7 of U1 on F.Cu, B.Cu, Internal, Non-copper
> 
> “Internal” and “Non-copper”, because they’re not actual layer names, parse like they’re descriptors
> of the whole pad: a blind, NPTH pad on front and back copper layers.  Say what?
> 
> Do we really need to know that there are non-copper layers included?  Presumably the masks always
> are, so that does little to distinguish one pad from another.
> 
> What about:
> 
> Pad 7 of U1 on F.Cu - B.Cu
> 
> for those that include internal layers and:
> 
> Pad 7 of U1 on F.Cu, B.Cu
> 
> for those that don’t.
> 
> Or, if we really want everything:
> 
> Pad 7 of U1 on F.Cu - B.Cu and others
> 
> Thoughts?

Agreed for "Non-copper" that is ambiguous.

Pads on all copper layers could be:

Pad 7 of U1 on *.Cu, others

(this is a shorter sentence).

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS