How about user layers (overlays) for eeschema?

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On the danger of being ridiculed:

ever so often I want to have info in the schematic that should not visible persistently, like current consumptions, calibration voltages… you get the idea. This info tends to clutter a schematic.

So sort of overlay layers would be a charm. I know, I know: this is a schematic editor, no art editor etc. etc. Anyways…

Am I alone on this?

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You’re not alone. I usually put these just as notes in the schematic but it would great for them to be on their own layer.

I think this is covered here: Kicad Manufacturing Support Features (#5487) · Issues · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab

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Yeah, this effected custom layers in pcbnew, but nothing on the eeschema side.

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Yep, a couple of graphic user layers as in PCB. :+1:

EDIT. For a few projects I have resorted to a second schematic sheet to explain the design to myself. It saves those WTF moments a year later when I try to remember why I took a certain approach to whatever in a design. An overlay with the notes would be a lot easier and more convenient.

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There’s already this in the database:

I can’t imagine we’d implement that without also making it work for other stuff…

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Ok, thx. Any plans to take it on, say, for V8?

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I don’t think much forward planning has been done on V8 at all (bar the features that didn’t make V7, such as pad stacks and flat hierarchies).

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