[kicad-users] Can't see edge cuts in footprints

[David Griffith [e-mail] [kicad-users]]

In my further adventures of cleaning up edge connector footprints, I'm
unpleasantly surprised to find that edge cut layers are invisible and
inaccessable when in Footprint Editor. Also, edge cut layers that were
laid down for a footprint are also invisible when the footprint is dropped
into Pcbnew.

I've gone over this with #kicad on freenode and the consensus is that this
exclusion of edge cuts is not necessary and ill-advised. How can I work
around this until a fix is committed?

Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.1-dev-2-g2ddcd6a3b), release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.2
libcurl/7.52.1 GnuTLS/3.5.8 zlib/1.2.8 libidn2/0.16 libpsl/0.17.0
(+libidn2/0.16) libssh2/1.7.0 nghttp2/1.18.1 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
Boost: 1.62.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
Curl: 7.52.1
Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 with C++ ABI 1010

Build settings:
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=OFF
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=ON

[myken [e-mail] [kicad-users]]

What I did was to draw the edge-cut outline in the footprint editor on
any available layer, then open the footprint in a text editor and
replaces the specific layer with "(layer Edge.Cuts)" work perfectly.
Do this as the last action in the footprint editor because as soon as
you try to change the edge-cut line the editor will change it back into
one of the available layers.
Cheers Robert.

Post by David Griffith ***@661.org [kicad-users]
In my further adventures of cleaning up edge connector footprints, I'm
unpleasantly surprised to find that edge cut layers are invisible and
inaccessable when in Footprint Editor. Also, edge cut layers that were
laid down for a footprint are also invisible when the footprint is dropped
into Pcbnew.
I've gone over this with #kicad on freenode and the consensus is that this
exclusion of edge cuts is not necessary and ill-advised. How can I work
around this until a fix is committed?
Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.1-dev-2-g2ddcd6a3b), release build
wxWidgets 3.0.2
libcurl/7.52.1 GnuTLS/3.5.8 zlib/1.2.8 libidn2/0.16 libpsl/0.17.0
(+libidn2/0.16) libssh2/1.7.0 nghttp2/1.18.1 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
Boost: 1.62.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
Curl: 7.52.1
Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 with C++ ABI 1010
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=OFF
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=ON
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