[KiCad 8][Added] Workaround for 8.0.2 hidden text

If the user asked to see it in the GUI the Plot controller will
compute it as visible, even when it won't be printed at all
because it belongs to other layer

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
+## [2.5.4] - 2024-05-03
+### Added
+* Workaround for KiCad 8.0.2 computing hidden text when the GUI enabled it
+
 ## [2.5.3] - 2024-01-10
 ### Added
 * New mode "2color" where you can control the added/removed colors

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+kidiff (2.5.4-1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Hidden text workaround for KiCad 8.0.2
+
+ -- Salvador Eduardo Tropea <salvador@inti.gob.ar>  Fri, 03 May 2024 12:54:59 -0300
+
 kidiff (2.5.3-1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * Added new mode "2color" where you can control the added/removed colors

kicad-diff-init.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2020, INTI'
 __credits__ = ['Salvador E. Tropea']
 __license__ = 'GPL 2.0'
-__version__ = '2.5.3'
+__version__ = '2.5.4'
 __email__ = 'stopea@inti.gob.ar'
 __status__ = 'beta'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiDiff/'

kicad-diff.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2020-2024, INTI/'+__author__
 __credits__ = ['Salvador E. Tropea', 'Jesse Vincent']
 __license__ = 'GPL 2.0'
-__version__ = '2.5.3'
+__version__ = '2.5.4'
 __email__ = 'salvador@inti.gob.ar'
 __status__ = 'beta'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiDiff/'
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ def CheckOptions(name, cur_ops):
 def GenPCBImages(file, file_hash, hash_dir, file_no_ext, layer_names, wanted_layers, kiri_mode, zones_ops):
     # Setup the KiCad plotter
     board = LoadBoard(file)
+    if hasattr(pcbnew, 'LAYER_HIDDEN_TEXT'):
+        # KiCad 8.0.2 crazyness: hidden text affects scaling, even when not plotted
+        # So a PRL can affect the plot mechanism
+        board.SetElementVisibility(pcbnew.LAYER_HIDDEN_TEXT, False)
     pctl = PLOT_CONTROLLER(board)
     popt = pctl.GetPlotOptions()
     popt.SetOutputDirectory(abspath(hash_dir))  # abspath: Otherwise it will be relative to the file

kicad-git-diff.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2020, INTI'
 __credits__ = ['Salvador E. Tropea', 'Jesse Vincent']
 __license__ = 'GPL 2.0'
-__version__ = '2.5.3'
+__version__ = '2.5.4'
 __email__ = 'salvador@inti.gob.ar'
 __status__ = 'beta'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/INTI-CMNB/KiDiff/'