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[Andrzej Wolski <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx>]

IIRC you have to leave (layers) to reproduce this.

This is a board where I found the issue:
https://github.com/mntmn/reform/blob/master/electronics/reform-motherboard.kicad_pcb
There are two mPCIE connectors in the center, they have NPTH alignment 
holes, you can see them in legacy mode.

Andrzej

W dniu 2018-06-22 o 20:06, Seth Hillbrand pisze:
> Andrzej-
>
> I just tested this, editing a file to remove the layers from a pad and 
> KiCad automatically adds the pad back to all copper layers.  I see the 
> pad in pcbnew and can edit it.
>
> Can you provide a board that demonstrates the issue?  Maybe it was 
> only the test board I used?
>
> -S
>
> Am Fr., 22. Juni 2018 um 10:51 Uhr schrieb Andrzej Wolski 
> <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx>>:
>
>     Hi Seth,
>
>     current behavior is that malformed pad holes are always hidden, so
>     you can't see on the screen something that exists on your PCB and
>     will be plotted in drill files. This patch makes those holes visible.
>
>     Andrzej
>
>     W dniu 2018-06-22 o 17:46, Seth Hillbrand pisze:
> >     ​Andrzej-
> >
> >     Can you explain the issue that this patch addresses?  I read the
> >     commit message but it looks like malformed pads
> >     (GetLayerSet().any() == 0) are no longer hidden.  This seems
> >     counter-intuitive but maybe I'm just not seeing the problem.
> >
> >     Thanks!
> >     Seth​
> >
> >
> >
> >     Am Fr., 22. Juni 2018 um 03:57 Uhr schrieb Andrzej Wolski
> >     <awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:awolski.kicad@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> >
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