I have wanted user definable layer visibility settings since we implemented the layer manager. I would be nice if the user definable layer visibility settings could be named and added to the layer manager for easy access.
On 2/19/2018 12:16 PM, Jon Evans wrote: > Lots of good feedback here and on the forums. > For a long time it has been on my to-do list to add "saved view schemes" > like Altium and Xpedition support, which would allow you to quickly pull > up sets of shown/hidden layers/objects. > I still plan on working on that for 6.0. > > In the short term it might be best to keep changes to a minimum > (Andrzej's patches perhaps plus some other small tweaks) > > -Jon > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Andrzej Wolski > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Patch (in attachment) for "Tracks" turned out to be very simple. > If it gets accepted, I could make more of these. > > Andrzej > > > On 02/19/2018 02:12 PM, Andrzej Wolski wrote: >> It would be also nice to have separate controls for: >> 1. Tracks >> 2. Drawing primitives (graphic lines, arcs, and circles) >> 3. Zones >> 4. Polygons >> 5. Text (now there is control only for footprint text) >> 6. Dimensions >> 7. Plated holes >> >> That would make Render tab (almost) complete. >> >> Andrzej >> >> W dniu 2018-02-18 o 21:00, Jon Evans pisze: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Right now the behavior of the "Layer" and "Render" tabs of the >>> layers widget are confusing to users, resulting in complaints on >>> the forum and some bug reports: >>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1748181 >>> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1748181> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1743890 >>> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1743890> >>> >>> I could take a crack at fixing this (before or after 5.0 >>> depending on what the complexity ends up being) but before I >>> write any code I wanted to propose how I think it should work. >>> >>> I think the visibility of any object should be the AND of layer >>> visibility and render visibility. >>> >>> To get there: >>> >>> 1) In the Render tab, get rid of the distinction between >>> front/back. For example "Pads Back" and "Pads Front" becomes just >>> "Pads" >>> >>> 2) Change the visibility code so that an object is visible if (a) >>> the associated Render setting is turned on for the type of >>> object, and (b) at least one of the layers the object is on is >>> enabled in the Layers tab. >>> >>> 3) (optionally) Rename "Render" to something more friendly like >>> "Items" or "Item Types" to make it more clear to the user that >>> this is where they can turn off the display of various types of >>> items as opposed to various layerse >>> >>> If this plan is OK, I will start working out the details of how >>> to get there. Right now the Render tab is directly controlling >>> the visibility of certain "GAL Layers" but unfortunately the set >>> of objects that appears on one GAL layer is not always equal to >>> the set of objects that the user would expect to turn on and off, >>> as seen by the bug reports. So, there will have to be some >>> additional logic created to manage these settings beyond just >>> turning on and off layers in the GAL. >>> >>> -Jon >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
