I’ve been using v5.0.2 with default settings, recently came to my attention that the difference in look between v4.0.7 and v5.X was that there was no default transparencies set for the layers. However as I set the transparency for the layers the way I like it, some artifacts appear in form of horizontal lines (see here ).
Those lines were always there if I was setting the pour areas as “Show outlines of filled areas only …” . However v4.0.7 hat no problems with the default transparency.
v5.0.2 - Lines
v5.0.2 - “Show outlines …”
v4.0.7 - No lines
v4.0.7 - “Show outlines …”
The Version:
Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.2)-1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1 (WinSSL) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.6 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.5) nghttp2/1.34.0
Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.68.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.61.1
Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013
This is some kind of implementation detail of how zones work. It’s all one continuous outline, including the holes inside it. You can report it as a bug if you want, but I don’t know if it should be regarded as a bug. It can be thought of as giving exact representation of the graphical implementation which will be plotted to gerbers.
Personally I don’t find any use for this visual mode. It doesn’t help me in my design work.
. However v4.0.7 hat no problems with the default transparency.
