Can somebody explain how/why my PCB layout in 3D view is now showing the ‘back’ layer of tracks on the ‘front’ layer?
Also, when i choose “3d view” the PCB appears immediately showing the back side of the board instead of the component side.
This was all fine yesterday when testing a simple PCB layout, but today it all seems swapped around somehow.
My PCB tracks appear to be correct, i have Blue tracks on the B.Cu (Back) layer, and Red tracks on the F.Cu (Front) layer.
I’m not sure why 3D view is now inversing my PCB view, have i accidentally flipped something?
Sorry, i tried, but as a new user i don’t have access to upload attachments ;-(
FYI:
I’ve been using Kicad schematic around a year, but i’ve only just started exploring the PCB side of things yesterday, so it’s more than likely i’ve switched or flipped something sometime today, compared to whatever i was doing yesterday.
Yesterday i had incorrectly laid out the tracks with graphical lines (which created DRC errors), then i was told to use “route tracks” to add tracks instead of lines. (i didnt notice the route tracks icon yesterday lol).
Today i removed the lines, and replaced them with tracks (no DRC errors). and now i noticed the 3D viewer showing my tracks on the (front) component side of the board instead of the underside (Back) side of the board.
I think i’ve found my problem, i had the “flip board view” enabled in the display layers settings AND i had also previously flipped the board horizontally, so in affect a double-flip, so what i thought was back/front layers were incorrect and the 3D viewer was doing the right thing
I’ve flipped everything to normal and now my front/back tracks are now correctly displayed in the 3D view too.
