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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seems reasonable to me.

On 10/16/2018 12:45 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
> 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
>> <mailto: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
>>>> <mailto: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
>>>>>> <mailto: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
>>>>>>> <mailto: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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