Kicad 9 - silkscreen now permanently under copper layers?

[drew.spriggs]

I feel like I am going crazy here.

I've used Kicad 5 through 9, and a lot of the PCB editor changes have been particularly frustrating.

My newest problem is that no matter what I do, my silkscreen layers disappear under any copper layers making it very hard to see what's going on.

PCB created in Kicad 8:




PCB created in Kicad 9:


I've been through every option I can find, every sort of view and spent probably half an hour searching for a result and absolutely nothing.

Suggestions?

 

[z2amiller]

Have you tried hiding the copper layers when you're trying to edit your silkscreen?

 

[Brett]

This is going to sound stupid, but bear with me. In the appearance window to the far right, try clicking on F.Silkscreen.

 

[drew.spriggs]

Have you tried hiding the copper layers when you're trying to edit your silkscreen?

I don't want it for editing my silkscreen. I like having a good idea of where everything is and where it's going so I can visualise the PCB better. Every other version of Kicad has had this by default.

This is going to sound stupid, but bear with me. In the appearance window to the far right, try clicking on F.Silkscreen.

It's on. The silkscreen is hidden underneath the copper layers - if I turn f/b copper off I can see the silkscreen fine.

 

[drew.spriggs]

Ok bizarre - some quirk with zone transparency that I solved by opening the file on another machine, saving it, then going back to the original machine.

Fixed now!

 

[Paul.Ruby]

I don't want it for editing my silkscreen. I like having a good idea of where everything is and where it's going so I can visualise the PCB better. Every other version of Kicad has had this by default.


It's on. The silkscreen is hidden underneath the copper layers - if I turn f/b copper off I can see the silkscreen fine.

Not just on, but selected. KiCad shows the selected layer in the foreground.

Selected:


But, yes, your zone transparency was hosed. Select the layer that is opaque (just like the silk screen is selected above) and use { to see through it.
Filled zones are supposed to be transparent by default, even if the copper layer is opaque so that was messed up in your files.