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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@...>]

Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
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> The layer names are now in the board file. Load your *.brd file into a 
> text editor and look for that layer name and change it to something 
> reasonable.
> 
> I wonder where you got your French board from?
> 
> Component can be changed to anything. I personally like "Front" for 
> component, and "Back" for the copper layer name. Since I have copper 
> on both layers, a "Copper" layer name is ambiguous even to the clever.

Many PCB vendors use "top" and "bottom" for these layer names. I
frequently put components on both sides of my boards so the current
layer names are a bit ambiguous.

Wayne

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> Dick
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>> Hi,
>> The text in the layer selection box when set to the component layer is
>> in French instead of English. Selecting a different language does not
>> seem to have any effect. This is in SVN version R1488.
>>
>> David. 
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