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Tips & Tricks, changing layers , fast end easy, keyboard shortcuts, scripts

robspcb

Changing layers on a larger board, can take a lots of mouse clicks.
If you know what layers you need, keyboard short-cuts are great.
 Created a bunch of scripts, that lets you easy add and subtract layers,  what are current active. 
Without walking the menu. Helps reduce the eyestrain too.

Of course, every board is different, when the board Stackup is
custom. So it would need some editing, to match the layer names.
But once that is done, it is pretty slick and fast. You know, when the
Engineer sits over your shoulder, breathes up your neck. And for
hours goes on, let's look at layer 22, then 4, then 23 and 22. And so
on. This is really helps big time.  Rob

download the scripts and pdf from my blog
https://www.robspcb.com/blog-un/5 

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  • oldmouldy

    Or, in 17.2, you could use "Enable layer select mode" in Visibility and then the Layer Names will become "links" and enable the colours for just the layer clicked.

  • riklee
    in reply to oldmouldy

    In addition, if there are too many layers in the Visibility tab you can remove the Planes by not enabling those leaving you with only those that are conductor as defined in the cross-section editor.

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  • riklee
    in reply to oldmouldy

    In addition, if there are too many layers in the Visibility tab you can remove the Planes by not enabling those leaving you with only those that are conductor as defined in the cross-section editor.

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