What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Smart Layer Behavior for Add Connect? It’s in the 16.6 Release!

When using the Add Connect command in the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor, the active layer field will now automatically synchronize to that of a single visible layer. Previously, any visibility adjustment to limit the display to a single etch layer would typically require an additional adjustment to the active layer setting.

Invoke the ‘Add Connect’ command. Disable the visibility of all etch layers:

Enable the visibility of only one layer noting the active layer behavior in the top section of the options form (single-layer synchronization):

Please share your experiences using this new capability.

Jerry “GenPart” Grzenia