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Hi,
Short version: Is there a way to view multilayer through hole pads in the color of the currently selected copper layer, rather than in the 'Multilayer' color in Altium's Layer Select options window?
Longer Version: I have been trying to figure out, without success, a way to view multilayer pads so that they show up on each layer the color that the copper is in that layer, not the "multi-layer" color.
For example, I have a Top-Middle-Bottom round pad. Top and Middle diameters are both 0.5mm. The Bottom diameter is 1mm. When viewing the board, since this multilayer pad shows all layers as the same color, what I see is the pad as the largest diameter of any enabled layer, and I cannot tell whether or not this pad is flipped and on which side of the board the 1mm diameter is and on which side the 0.5mm diameter pad is. The only way I can tell is to turn off all signal layers except the Top or Bottom. When only the Top or the Bottom (but not both) are enabled, I can then see the diameter of the pad. The other way is to go to 3D mode and rotate the board so that I am viewing from an angle.
It would be nice to have a way that showed the pad as the diameter that it is on the current layer, in that layer's color. That's the way it worked in P-CAD. What would be even nicer would be to see the multilayer pad in (possibly) multiple colors. For instance, if the pad is 0.5 mm on the Top (Red) and 1.0mm on the Bottom (Blue) and if my current layer is Top, I would see a 0.5mm Red circle on top of a 1.0mm Blue circle. If my layer were set to Bottom, then I'd see only the Blue unless I were in one of the translucent modes.
Maybe there is a way to do this, but I could not find it.
Thanks,
Randy
Short version: Is there a way to view multilayer through hole pads in the color of the currently selected copper layer, rather than in the 'Multilayer' color in Altium's Layer Select options window?
Longer Version: I have been trying to figure out, without success, a way to view multilayer pads so that they show up on each layer the color that the copper is in that layer, not the "multi-layer" color.
For example, I have a Top-Middle-Bottom round pad. Top and Middle diameters are both 0.5mm. The Bottom diameter is 1mm. When viewing the board, since this multilayer pad shows all layers as the same color, what I see is the pad as the largest diameter of any enabled layer, and I cannot tell whether or not this pad is flipped and on which side of the board the 1mm diameter is and on which side the 0.5mm diameter pad is. The only way I can tell is to turn off all signal layers except the Top or Bottom. When only the Top or the Bottom (but not both) are enabled, I can then see the diameter of the pad. The other way is to go to 3D mode and rotate the board so that I am viewing from an angle.
It would be nice to have a way that showed the pad as the diameter that it is on the current layer, in that layer's color. That's the way it worked in P-CAD. What would be even nicer would be to see the multilayer pad in (possibly) multiple colors. For instance, if the pad is 0.5 mm on the Top (Red) and 1.0mm on the Bottom (Blue) and if my current layer is Top, I would see a 0.5mm Red circle on top of a 1.0mm Blue circle. If my layer were set to Bottom, then I'd see only the Blue unless I were in one of the translucent modes.
Maybe there is a way to do this, but I could not find it.
Thanks,
Randy