example needed, how making fields visible or invisible

[ghost]

After running kifield -x schematicfile.sch -i schematicfile.csv

I added [I] to the header to make the refs invisible.

[I]Refs,datasheet,footprint,value
D1,~,Diode_SMD:D_SMC,SMCJ24A
D10,~,Diode_SMD:D_MiniMELF,5V
D11,~,Diode_SMD:D_MiniMELF,5V
D12,~,Diode_SMD:D_MiniMELF,5V
D13,~,Diode_SMD:D_MiniMELF,5V

But after kifield -x schematicfile.csv -i schematicfile.sch the refs are visible in the schematic and the PCB board also.

Can someone give a working example how to make all refs invisible on a PCB board?

[kasbah]

Does it say somewhere that adding [I] will make it invisible?

Check kifield -h:

[kasbah]

Ah just found it. Didn't know about that. But I think that only makes it "invisible" in the schematic, i.e. it's still there but you can't see it when looking at the schematic.

--fields option above should do what you want.

[ghost]

Can you give a try and give a working command example how to do this? Can you create a small schematic with a few elements and PCB, and try to make all Refs invisible on schematic and on the PCB also.

[kasbah]

Sorry, don't have time for that right now. If you can make the example I can try and confirm the issue at least.

EDIT: Maybe try a space after the [I]?

[ghost]

Maybe try a space after the [I]?

Did not help. Any new idea?

[kasbah]

I without the square brackets?

[xesscorp]

KiField doesn't process any changes to part references so their visibility/invisibility can't be changed. Immutability of part references was baked into KiField from the start, so getting it to change anything about a reference is difficult. I spent two hours trying to make it work, but failed.