Could you explain what that means? I’m intrigued!
Maybe these one-ended tracks are a PCB equivalent of magnetic monopoles in particle physics?
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You took the words out of my mouth! 
Or maybe a pencil with only a sharp end. The possibilities are endless.
Just thinking about this . . . perhaps what was meat was highlighting tracks that are only connected at one end ? but I think DRC finds these already.
Since it has been observed once in the previous software, by definition, it can not simultaneously exist in another software!
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Quantum entanglement, but we’ll have to wait 10 years for the computers to run it. Of course the entanglement means that the date stays at 10 years for eternity it would seem?
I would very much like to be able to rotate the view of the PCB in a similar fashion to the way you can flip the view. There are many times that the “proper” orientation of the PCB for design purposes doesn’t match with the orientation of the object in the mechanical enclosure, or the data sheet or the board on the table with cables attached.
Sure I could select everything, rotate and the put it back after. However, no body would suggest that a great solution to viewing the PCB from the back side would be to just select everything and hit flip.
While I’m always looking to rotate in 90 degree increments I am sure that there are use cases to just set the angle to an arbitrary value.
I believe an issue already exists: Implement “Rotate canvas (view)” (#11672) · Issue · kicad/code/kicad
Thanks for your consideration of my request.
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I am not sure if there is any support for deleting unused inner layer pads via connection pad. Maybe it could be a useful feature.
Be aware that it is common for fab houses to require small restrings even on unconnected layers. As far as I know, this is to help center the drill bit with a tiny etched hole in the copper ring.
Where does that fable come from?
A bit of copper somewhere on an inner layer does not help to center the drill at all.
No. This does not happen, Center holes in pads are a thing, but only for home etching and DIY drilling. There is no PCB manufacturer that is going to modify your Gerber files to put center holes in pads. Not on the outer layers, and not on the inner layers. It’s even much worse then that. If there is a small misalignment between the CNC coordinates and the actual position of the PCB, then it is likely that the drill attempts to center on the hole, but it can’t because the CNC machine is too stiff, and as a result the drill breaks.
Where does that fable come from?
A bit of copper somewhere on an inner layer does not help to center the drill at all.
From my eMails with our fab house in germany. I tried to order a PCB just a few months back where I really wanted to avoid even the smallest rest ring on one specific layer. They would not do it and told me to place at least something like 100u around the hole (not sure about the exact value).
I’m really not sure about the drill centering thing, you might absolutely be right there. But I could not get that via manufactured without that restring with our fab house.
An annular ring of 100 um is about standard. Inner pad with no annular ring are a very bad thing for the same reason as misalignment with centering dimples. But it is a very different situation from having no pad on an inner layer at all. When there is no copper and density is uniform, there is also nothing that can push the drill sideways.
At the moment I’m assuming there was some mis communication with your PCB manufacturer.
Looking into it again it seems like you are right. Hmm…
I think this feature only works for vias. Does it work for TH Pads as well?
