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[Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne-

Perhaps there should be a clear limit to layers that remove full
footprints.  Maybe only copper layers?  Otherwise, a user accidentally
removing F.Mask removes most of their footprints.  Warning or not, that
seems extreme.

-S

2018-03-21 9:46 GMT-07:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:

> JP,
>
> Did you take a look at this patch?  I know we have talked about this in
> the past and that the fix would not be easy.  Until we can define and
> implement a complete solution, this could be a short term fix.  When you
> get a chance, please take a look at it an comment on it.
>
> hauptmech,
>
> I'm not sure about the idea of breaking a footprint (module) into layer
> by layer pieces to match the removed layers.  Footprints are typically
> thought of as atomic objects.  I wonder if it wouldn't be more prudent
> to remove the footprint if any of it's layers are removed from the layer
> list and warn the user that removing said layer(s) would result in
> footprints being removed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 3/20/2018 4:19 AM, Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> > 2018-03-20 0:19 GMT+02:00 Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> >
> >
> >     As it is, the patch resolves an issue and creates another.
> >
> >
> > Actually Seth is wrong here. It doesn't create another problem. Namely,
> > as the code without the patch works now, it leaves the board uneditable
> > anyways, and without a warning. Just test with a footprint which has
> > nothing but ref and value and one paste-only pad. It doesn't matter
> > whether the pad is left there or removed after the layer is deleted. The
> > footprint can't be selected or edited.
> >
> > I would still go with this patch, just add a sentence to the warning if
> > pads are deleted. "Additionally this may lead to footprints which cannot
> > be edited or deleted" or something like that.
> >
> >
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