Re: gEDA-user: Hiding individual layers of a layer-group

[Geoff Swan <shinobi.jack@xxxxxxxxx>]

   I was already running pcb+gl - so that was a very fast fix. I didn't
   know about thin-draw :P
   I still think it would be handy to be able to turn of individual layers
   regardless of whether they are grouped though...

   On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:45 AM, Peter Clifton <[1]pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>
   wrote:

   On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 07:16 -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote:
   > On Wed, 11 May 2011 13:12:55 +0100
   > Peter Clifton <[2]pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
   >
   > > On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 21:41 +1000, Geoff Swan wrote:
   > > > Hi folks, I've just started using separate layers so for my
   > > > polygons so that I can hide them when necessary. This works fine
   > > > until I group them with the appropriate layer. Ie - top and
   ground
   > > > in a layer grouping - with ground being the layer I am putting
   > > > polygons on. When I go to hide the ground layer - the top layer
   is
   > > > also hidden. If I put them in separate groups this doesn't happen
   -
   > > > however it seems that if I put them in separate groups the DRC
   > > > breaks... is there any way around this??
   > >
   > > To achieve the visual clarity I guess you're looking for, switch to
   > > the pcb+gl branch and turn on "thin draw polygons".
   > >
   > > Alternatively, "thin draw polygons" in git HEAD might still help
   you.
   > > The keyboard short-cut is Ctrl + Shift + P
   >
   > I do find that Thin Draw Polygons is helpful sometimes.  However I
   also
   > find many times that I would like to be able to show only specific
   > layers (not whole layer groups).  For instance, if I want to rip up
   all
   > my ground plane polygons, I would like to be able to show only the
   > ground plane layer (which is in the "top" layer's group) so that I
   can
   > "select all" to select only the ground plane copper.

     How about some middle ground compromise - let it switch the layers
     off
     for the purposes of selection / rendering etc.., but still draw a
     faded
     (or de-saturated) version of their contents to aid not drawing
     geometry
     which would clash with other (hidden) sub-layers in the group.
     Best wishes,

   --
   Peter Clifton
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   Engineering Department,
   University of Cambridge,
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