I think that is the desired behaviour, though? Once in the board, the can edit the layers individually anyway.
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:57 PM, jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Le 05/11/2017 à 11:48, Oliver Walters a écrit : > > How best to store the layer information then? The way I was doing it > previously was: > > > > - F.Cu > > - *.Inner.Cu > > - B.Cu > > > > Is this sufficient? > > Yes, this is sufficient, when a keepout is inside a footprint. > > The issue was the fact *.Inner.Cu information was lost with a 2 layers > board, when saving this > board, or exporting to the fp editor. > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:41 PM, jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr > <mailto:jp.char...@wanadoo.fr>> wrote: > > > > Le 05/11/2017 à 11:12, Oliver Walters a écrit : > > > JP, > > > > > > Did you have any other things you want me to address here? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Oliver > > > > > > > Yes: I did not make a lot of tests, but I found some issues (tested > on W7 32 bits): > > > > First, Pcbnew crashed after editing (after adding a keepout) a > footprint on a board in this case: > > - select and edit a footprint (Ctrl+E) in fp editor: just add a > keepout, and save it on the board. > > - then reselect and edit this footprint a second time in fp editor: > Pcbnew crashes. > > > > Other issues in fp editor: > > - modifying a keepout cannot be undone. > > - The keepout layers are no selectable: I am thinking the options: > Top layer, bottom layer and > > internal layers (existing in the first version) is really better. > > Just this is the way these layers are managed in board editor and > stored in file that was not good > > (especially when a board has only 2 layers: the internal layers > setting was lost). > > > > As a side effect: the look of the keepout layer dialog is not very > good after resized: > > - Create a keepout on a board: the dialog shows the layers list. > > - After that, create a keepout in the fpeditor: the layers list is > not shown, but its area exists, > > and the look of the dialog is not good. > > > > > > -- > > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > > > > > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS >
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