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  • substrate is not represented at all in the layers stack.

    -The location of a layer group on of: +The location of a layer group on of (flags are in layer.h):

    -In pcb-rnd only copper layers and the outline layer are fully explicit. -There are two hardwired silk layers, one for the top and one for the bottom side. -The silk layers are semi-explicit: they are existing layers in all structs -but: +In pcb-rnd most layer types are fully explicit:

    -The outline layer is a hack: it's really an internal copper layer. If -the code detects the name of the layer is "outline" anywhere, it branches. +The layers of a composite layer group are combined + and -, depending +on the PCB_LYC_SUB in their comb field.

    -There are a few virtual layers: +Assumptions: there are two silk layers, one for the top and one for the bottom +side and there are always a top and a bottom copper layer. (Long term +assumptions will be removed.) The outline layer has to be global. +

    +The rest of the layers are virtual layers, often just GUI hacks, e.g.:

    -

    pcb_data_t: global data

    Global data affect all layers. The most trivial example is via: