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Make a whole layer visible with SKILL

Lamoureuxf

Hi,

I want to make visible a whole layer (pin, via, etch, etc...) with a command SKILL like this on PCB Editor v17.2

I know how to do it for 1 item : axlVisibleLayer("pin/top" t)      it worked.

So i tried this: axlVisibleLayer("all/top" t)       but it didn't work even with the path.

Is there a way to do it ?

Thanks, Florent

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  • DavidJHutchins

    below is a simple skill function that scans all the Classes for a specific layer name & displays them:

    procedure((view_layer \@optional (Layer ""))
    let((Classes SubClasses layer)
    foreach(Class ((axlGetParam "paramLayerGroup")->groupMembers)
    foreach(SubClass ((axlGetParam sprintf(String "paramLayerGroup:%s/paramLayer" Class))->groupMembers)
    when(equal(SubClass Layer)
    axlVisibleLayer(strcat(Class "/" SubClass) t)
    )
    )
    )
    axlFlushDisplay()
    (axlVisibleUpdate t)
    )
    )
    axlCmdRegister( "view_layer" 'view_layer ?cmdType "general")

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  • DavidJHutchins

    below is a simple skill function that scans all the Classes for a specific layer name & displays them:

    procedure((view_layer \@optional (Layer ""))
    let((Classes SubClasses layer)
    foreach(Class ((axlGetParam "paramLayerGroup")->groupMembers)
    foreach(SubClass ((axlGetParam sprintf(String "paramLayerGroup:%s/paramLayer" Class))->groupMembers)
    when(equal(SubClass Layer)
    axlVisibleLayer(strcat(Class "/" SubClass) t)
    )
    )
    )
    axlFlushDisplay()
    (axlVisibleUpdate t)
    )
    )
    axlCmdRegister( "view_layer" 'view_layer ?cmdType "general")

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  • Lamoureuxf
    in reply to DavidJHutchins

    Hi,

    Thanks for your quick answer but is it mandatory to have all these lines just to select the case "All" of the top line in color dialog because that's all I want.

    Florent

  • soll
    in reply to DavidJHutchins

    Hello David,

    I know it has been 2 years since you posted this code, but I just stumbled upon it, and while trying to make it work, I realized I had to change a line to have it display the layers.
    As is, when I run the function (view_layer("INT2") for instance), it didn't displayed anything but returned t.

    I change this line :
    foreach(SubClass ((axlGetParam sprintf(String "paramLayerGroup:%s/paramLayer" Class))->groupMembers)

    To this :
    foreach(SubClass ((axlGetParam sprintf(String "paramLayerGroup:%s" Class))->groupMembers)
    (I removed /paramLayer after %s)

    And now it works. I am not exactly sure why Stuck out tongue
    If you still come around here, could you please tell me what is the meaning of this /paramLayer statement ? Do you know why it doesn't work for me ? Did SKILL changed since then ?

    Anyway, thank you for this !
    Best regards

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