"See-through" layers with GC-Preview?
Joerg
Is there a way in GC-Preview to switch the color on layers to a
"see-through" mesh?
I found only solid colors as options and that often makes it difficult
to see where a via connects to. You have to turn the upper layer off and
back on which gets old if done a lot.
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Regards, Joerg
Pooh Bear
Joerg wrote:
> Hello to All,
>
> Is there a way in GC-Preview to switch the color on layers to a
> "see-through" mesh?
>
> I found only solid colors as options and that often makes it difficult
> to see where a via connects to. You have to turn the upper layer off and
> back on which gets old if done a lot.
This is something I wish a number of pcb packages would implement.
Graham
Uwe Bonnes
> Hello to All,
> Is there a way in GC-Preview to switch the color on layers to a
> "see-through" mesh?
> I found only solid colors as options and that often makes it difficult
> to see where a via connects to. You have to turn the upper layer off and
> back on which gets old if done a lot.
At least gcprevue Version 8 had an option to view in the layers in different
styles, one of them was "mix colors". Haven't used gcprevue for times
however, gerbv is much easier to use in my eyes.
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Joerg
>
> At least gcprevue Version 8 had an option to view in the layers in different
> styles, one of them was "mix colors". Haven't used gcprevue for times
> however, gerbv is much easier to use in my eyes.
It sure lets you mix colors almost to the degree that paint stores do.
But not any patterns AFAICT.
Joerg
That doesn't exactly bring up my hopes here :-(
Pooh Bear
Joerg wrote:
> Hello Graham,
>
> >>
> >>Is there a way in GC-Preview to switch the color on layers to a
> >>"see-through" mesh?
> >>
> >>I found only solid colors as options and that often makes it difficult
> >>to see where a via connects to. You have to turn the upper layer off and
> >>back on which gets old if done a lot.
> >
> > This is something I wish a number of pcb packages would implement.
>
> That doesn't exactly bring up my hopes here :-(
We did this once at a client by taking individual layers somehow and turning
them into TIFF ? files that can be made transparent and overlaying them.
Graham
Boris Mohar
<notthis...@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
>Hello to All,
>
>Is there a way in GC-Preview to switch the color on layers to a
>"see-through" mesh?
>
>I found only solid colors as options and that often makes it difficult
>to see where a via connects to. You have to turn the upper layer off and
>back on which gets old if done a lot.
Try using Viewmate (Free) from http://www.pentalogix.com/
It allows for a large color selection. You just have to pick a right
combination. The have also recently introduced a cheapo $49 Gerber editor.
Regards,
Boris Mohar
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Joerg
>
> Try using Viewmate (Free) from http://www.pentalogix.com/
> It allows for a large color selection. You just have to pick a right
> combination. The have also recently introduced a cheapo $49 Gerber editor.
>
Thanks, I'll give it a try. Just finished another debug session with the
dreaded "hide layer" - "view layer" back and forth menu clicking. I just
don't understand why they didn't include checkered layers. It's the only
way to easily follow a signal that jumps between planes. Even the really
old mainframe layout programs from the 80's had that.