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Re: Edit text and graphic properties behavior

 

It just occurred to me that it doesn’t need to be exclusive: we can update a user-field with text “%V" when either Other footprint fields or Footprint values is chosen.


> On 16 Oct 2018, at 17:31, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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