gnupic: Re: [gnupic] pcb
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] pcb
From:
Robert Pearce ####@####.####
Date:
19 Sep 2006 19:45:48 +0100
Message-Id: <WOILt3B4pDEFFwcq@bdt-home.demon.co.uk>
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, ####@####.#### wrote :
>I've wondered how people does the white layer--sorry but don't know
>what's the word for it in english--could you please tell us?
>
The silkscreen is generated in exactly the same way as the copper
layers, from the CAD user's perspective. The component libraries contain
the required silkscreen shapes for packages, and the part numbers are
included. Sometimes the default part number position is unfortunate so
you do something to move it (on Eagle it's called "smash", which unlocks
the annotations from the component and allows you to move them
independently).
As to the printing of silkscreen, if you get your PCB produced
professionally from your Gerber plots, it's just a case of supplying the
extra files. If you're etching the board yourself you don't bother with
a silkscreen. But then, you don't bother with solder mask layers either,
or Gerber files, or drill data, or....
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