I am wanting to create a face plate using a PWB. I want to use a black solder mask (SM) over a black circuit board and only have copper under the areas where the solder mask is open for a logo and lettering. The SM defines the Logo and Text boundaries. I can have text on both SM and Copper and no problem. The Logo is only allowed on the SM. When I select the graphic and then go to Edit/Edit Text & Graphics Properties, it lets me change to F.Cu but the color doesn’t change and when I select it and go to the floating dropdown and select properties, it shows “Polygon on F Mask” and when I look at 3D it is only on the SM and not the Cu. How do I get it on F.Cu?
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Can’t you copy from one layer to another?
Turning layer visibilities on or off ought to be helpful…
Maybe you need to post a short .gif or video of what you are trying to do.
I figured it out in terms of something that works. I am importing the graphic and on the import graphics form
you are given the option to define which layer. Looks like you can’t change it once it is imported but this will work for me. Problem solved for now. Not sure why you can’t change layers later but this will work for me so problem solved.
I was curious so I tried a quick test. I exported an .svg graphic from Visio and imported it into In1.Cu layer using KiCad 9.0.4.
I seem to have confirmed your observation: For some reason I cannot copy that graphic from that copper layer to (I think I tried a silkscreen layer.)
I don’t see this as a big problem, but I wonder why it is?
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I don’t know why. Maybe someone will answer that question. Probably has something to do with the way Cu is handled in terms of traces and footprints. When you look at the properties it says polygon on Cu. May have something to do with the import function in that the svg is rendered at import and can’t be after that initial import.
I may not (probably don’t) understand the problem and/or because I’m using v7 (I won’t upgrade because Kicad v7 does everything I need it to do…)
• I Created a PCB shape
• Shaped Front Copper layer
• Imported Graphics into Front-Mask layer
• Set the Pref’s for the Viewer
( I could have created a custom shape for the mask-layer but didn’t bother)
No problem…