Hello everybody,
I just finished my first board in KiCad. Then I had to reinstall my OS. I installed exactly the same version of KiCad. Now I have the following problem with Pcbnew:
Disabling visibility for the layers F.Fab and F.Silkscreen has no effect on my self made footprints (dimensions are on F.Fab and REF** is on F.Silkscreen).
Take a look at the attached screen shot to get a clear picture of what the problem is.
Is there a workaround? Does somebody know this problem?
Thank you for your help.
Best regards,
Dschangiz
Check the âRenderâ tab to the right⌠not just the layer tab.
If you got REF**/VAL** (and not %R/%V in text fields) they will react only on the settings in the âRenderâ tab for Reference and Value visibility.
Thank you. Problem resolved.
This has been changed in [2b6889bc] on 2016-04-20.
This is the sort of thing that needs to be in a proper changelog if its in the next stable release. Wading through GitHub history with cryptic comments is hard work for non-developers
I assume it might be. On the other hand, this might not be considered âbig enoughâ to make it into the change log. Plus, the change log is available only after a new release is out.
Its a change to the API, maybe affecting 3rd party scripts, so I think it should be
Personally I consider it as a HUGE improvement to have the REF/VAL text vanish âas expectedâ when a layer is turned off. This has bugged me many times.
This change may be important for âoshparkâ & their new support of kicad board files.
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It makes sense to me also, but just document the change so that unexpected behaviour can be pinned down to an old release etc
Hmm⌠just checking the Visibles toggles on Version: (2016-06-19 BZR 6943, and Iâd say it is close, but the controls are still not quite right.
The tick-boxes for F.Cu and B.Cu have no effect, but x.Paste and x.Mask etc work as expected.
I find that under Render Tab, Pads Front and Pads back do work, but if there is a label and tick for F.Cu, then that should work as expected ?