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Layer Peel - who would find it useful?

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autodeskguest over 15 years ago

An idea for a  feature.

I would be interested in hearing your opinions, especially from those often

doing boards with multiple internal layers.

 

WHAT DOES IT DO

Layer Peel would remove layers from your current view from the top down and

restore them upon exit

 

 

WHY

The intention is to assist in visualising the layer lay up and

interconnects by temporarily removing the clutter the upper layers introduce

 

SETUP

You would previously have set up which layers you are interested in peeling.

The order in which they are listed is the order they peel.

 

FUNCTIONALITY AND USE

It always starts with the currently displayed layers and returns to this

original view upon exiting the LayerPeel state.

Optionally:

- A right click context menu could give you the choice of exiting to the

Peeled state or the Original state.

- The last true Original state (not the peeled exit state) is remembered and

you can right click to hop back to the Original state if you did exit to the

Peeled view to edit.

 

Controlling the view requires a method that implies moving up and down

through the layers

Peeling the layers could be done with spin buttons in a floating

toolbar/dialog with a way to close that object to terminate the Layer Peel

function. The presence of the  Dialog/toolbar/icon reminds you that you are

Peeling.

Alternatively the up/down arrows on the keyboard or the mouse wheel could be

used. The standard use of these controls would need to be disabled when

within Layer Peel and that would be acceptable as this would be a view tool.

Being able to quickly alternate the layer view imparts an animated like

quality which is valuable in visualising relationships.

 

The user experience could be simulated somewhat with a ULP and a couple of

text buttons but ultimately this functionality would work better if it was

integrated into the product.

 

So sleep on the idea for a bit and come back with your thoughts.

 

Warren

 

 

 

 

 

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