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[Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure if this is the right thread that dealt with Layers tab, but anyone
else thinks the first 2 names should say:
F.Copper
B.Copper

instead of:
[image: Inline image 1]

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Andrzej Wolski <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> There is a simple fix to this problem, patch in attachment. It needs to be
> applied on top of this patch:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1743890
>
> Witch this patch there is another issue: when all layers (in Layer tab)
> are hidden, anchors and invisible text are still displayed.
> I'm not sure what to do about it, maybe they also should be hidden?
>
> Cheers,
> Andrzej
>
>
>
> On 02/07/2018 04:24 PM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>
>> 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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