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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Jeff,

Awesome!  Thanks for the quick fix.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 10/16/2018 12:30 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
> Hi Wayne,
> 
> Already fixed.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
> 
> 
>> On 16 Oct 2018, at 17:19, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> On 10/16/2018 12:06 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>> The “Footprint graphic items” bug was a dyn_cast when a dynamic_cast was needed (dyn_cast doesn’t handle inheritance).
>>
>> Do you want me to file a bug report on this or are you going to fix it
>> right away?
>>
>>>
>>> I can’t reproduce the “Other footprint fields” on fab layers problem.
>>
>> The text size was my fault.  I had the wrong layer sizes set.
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jeff.
>>>
>>> As an aside, would you expect a footprint field with the text %R to get updated with “Other footprint fields” or “Footprint references”?
>>
>> To me it makes sense to update %R with the reference field and %V with
>> the value field although I don't have a strong preference.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 16 Oct 2018, at 16:46, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Wayne,
>>>>
>>>> Set to Layer Defaults should set the fields on the fab layer to the values in the “Other Layers” row.
>>>>
>>>> Similarly, Set to Layer Defaults of footprint graphic items should set the silkscreen layer graphic items to the values in the “Silk Layers” row.
>>>>
>>>> I’ll see if it’s working in a minute, but I’m in the middle of a build right now.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jeff.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 16 Oct 2018, at 16:25, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure I using this correctly so before I file a bug report
>>>>> against it, I have some questions about the edit text and graphic
>>>>> properties behavior in pcbnew.
>>>>>
>>>>> When changing footprint text sizes using the set to layer default values
>>>>> option, the fields on silkscreen layers are updated as expected but the
>>>>> fields on the fab layers do not seem to be affected.
>>>>>
>>>>> When changing footprint graphic items using the set to layer default
>>>>> values option, none of the silkscreen layer graphic item widths of
>>>>> footprints seem to be updated as expected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this on purpose or is it an oversight or am I not understanding how
>>>>> this is supposed to work?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Wayne
>>>>>
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