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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 01/02/2018 à 13:47, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 2/1/2018 4:31 AM, jp charras wrote:
>> 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
> 
> "all copper layers"

OK.

> 
>>>
>>> for those that include internal layers and:
>>>
>>> Pad 7 of U1 on F.Cu, B.Cu
> 
> "front and back layers"

If a pad is on front and back layers, currently it is on all copper layers,
so "all copper layers" is better for me.
(Otherwise it is on one copper layer.)

And this is a shorter sentence.
(This is important because the room to display it is often small, and usually translated sentences
are bigger)


> 
>>>
>>> for those that don’t.
>>>
>>> Or, if we really want everything:
>>>
>>> Pad 7 of U1 on F.Cu - B.Cu and others
> 
> "all layers"
> 
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
> 
> The problem with F.Cu, B.Cu, etc. is that users have to know the kicad
> layer stack names which is asking a lot.  IMO, this falls under the
> category of programming terminology leaching into UI strings.  The only
> exception would be in the case where the user renamed a non-copper
> layer.  In this case, it would make sense to use the user defined name.
> 
>>
>> 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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