Is there a ULP to toggle between Top, Bottom and All layers?

Question

Maybe it just me, but I prefer to design and route one side of the board at a time. Not really that strict, but when I switch from one side to the other, I'd like to only see whatever is relevant on that specific side.

Today I have to manually hide several layers when going from top to bottom, not only the Top (1), but also tPlace, tNames and tWhatever... And when going back I have to hide Bottom (16), bPlace, bNames, bEtc... AND then enable all the top-related items i did previously hide. Really tiering!

I don't posses the skills to write my own ULP, but maybe someone have already solved this situation?

If there is a solution to this, please let me know.

Regards,

E

Joop14 · Accepted Answer

I use some scripts to do this:

Copy and paste the following text into a new file and name it:

layer1.scr <= filename

DISPLAY 1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -16 23 -24 39 -40 41 -42; <= file content

layer2.scr

DISPLAY -1 2 -3 -4 -5 -16 -23 -24 -39 -40 -41 -42;

layer3.scr

DISPLAY -1 -2 3 -4 -5 -16 -23 -24 -39 -40 -41 -42;

layer4.scr

DISPLAY -1 -2 -3 4 -5 -16 -23 -24 -39 -40 -41 -42;

layer5.scr

DISPLAY -1 -2 -3 -4 5 -16 -23 -24 -39 -40 -41 -42;

layer16.scr

DISPLAY -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 16 -23 24 -39 40 -41 42;

layerall.scr

DISPLAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 23 24 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 49;

Put those files in the scr directory.

Then you can type "scr layer1" <enter> and only layer 1 will be visible. Modify the scripts as you like.

etc.

Regards,

Joop