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[Kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey!

Another confusion arised when I was speaking to a friend. When disabling 
the F.Cu layer, the pads are still visible. I can understand the need to 
be able to disable the pads on the front layer separate from everything 
else, to check for things under pads etc.

What I cannot understand is why the pads are visible if I want to 
disable the entire front layer in pcbnew, also if one wants transparent 
layers, one can actually se the compositioning for the front pads and 
front traces, and allowing them to be different colors also seem a bit 
confusing actually.

I could basically change the front pad colors to look like they belong 
to the back layer, I know its stupid, but this seems like the kind of 
thing one would not want to even be possible, except maybe for pranks.

TLDR;

Possible bugs:
1. pads not affected by layer visibility setting
2. pads and layer compositioning even when same setting
3. pads and corresponding layer color setting

Possible solution:
1. Both layer and pads setting must be enabled for pads to render.
2. Seems hard, Dont know
3. pads and layer share color setting, not necessarily opacity setting.

Comments on these?


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 -Kristoffer