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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Copper layers can be renamed so I only expect the layer names F.Cu and
B.Cu when I have not renamed them.  I'm guessing you have one of the
kicad demo projects open based on the French layer names which JP likes
to use.

On 2/25/2018 8:59 PM, Andrey Kuznetsov wrote:
> 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:
> Inline image 1
> 
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Andrzej Wolski <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto: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
>     <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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