Layer Control For PCB Card Assemble Cloning

The layer control panel of Pcb card assemble Cloning, located below the panner control, is used to turn on and off the display of layer groups and to select the active drawing layer. If a layer hasn’t been named, the label “(unknown)” is used as the default. If this happens, it probably means the application resources are not installed properly.

The upper buttons are used to switch layers on and off. Click <Btn1> on one or more of them. Each click toggles the setting. If you turn off the currently active layer, another one that is visible will become active. If there are no others visible when Printed wiring board Cloning, you will not be able to turn off the active layer.

When the layers are grouped, clicking on these buttons will toggle the visibility of all layers in the same group if Pcb card Cloning. This is a good idea because layers in the same group reside on the same physical layer of the actual board. Notice that this example has 2 groups each having 3 layers, plus two other layers named ‘unused’.

Use the ‘Edit layer groups’ option in the ‘Settings’ menu to change the layer groupings when Pcb card assemble Cloning. Note that changing the groupings can radically alter the connectivity on the board. Grouping layers is only useful for helping you to color-code signals in your layout. Note that grouping layers actually reduces the number of different physical layers available for your board, so to make an eight layer board, you cannot group any layers.

Another way to navigate around a layout is with Shift-Btn3. When pressed down, the layout will zoom so the whole extent of objects is visible, and will return to the previous zoom when you release the button, but will be centered at the cross hair position where the button is released. You can do this while in the middle of drawing an object. Try it now to center near U7.