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[jean-pierre charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 09/11/2010 22:30, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 11/9/2010 4:11 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> > On 11/09/2010 02:35 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > > I just got DFM failure from my PCB manufacture for silk screen width of 0.001"
> > > for all the silk screen drawings on a board I just laid out.  I checked all of
> > > the module silk screen widths and everything is 0.005" or larger.  A quick
> > > check of the silk screen layer gerber file revealed the aperture being used was
> > > indeed 0.001".  After some digging around, I found that changing the "Default
> > > pen size" in the plot dialog changed the silk screen line width.  Is this the
> > > appropriate behavior?  Setting the default line width to 0 did not fall back to
> > > the line width defined in the module.  I would expect my silk screen line
> > > widths to be what I defined them in my module not the default pen size setting.
> > >   At one time, I thought this was the default behavior.  Before I file a bug
> > > report, I wanted to make sure I'm not missing something.  Anyone else have any
> > > thoughts on this?
> > >
> > > Wayne
> >
> > Its not perfectly pertinent to your question, but I have found
> >
> > /scripts/setfont.sh
> >
> > to be useful after I have a board ready to plot.
> >
> > I have not stumbled onto your problem before.  Maybe something has
> > changed, or I just missed it.
>
> I haven't laid out a board with the latest stable version so I can't say for
> sure but I don't remember having this problem with the previous stable version.
>
> > > From a UI perspective, I would not prefer to have to set the default
> > width to zero to say, "leave me alone".
> >
> > I would prefer to select a checkbox saying override the line-widths, or NOT.
>
> A check box would be preferable.  Setting the line width to 0 is less than
> obvious to the user.  Currently, setting the line width to 0 will set the
> aperture to 0 which in itself might be consider a bug.  I confirmed this with
> BZR 2595.
>
> Wayne
>
> > Dick

Default pen size is used *only* to plot items that have no line width specified.
Namely:
	sheet references (if asked, not usual in gerber files)
	and pads in sketch mode on silk screen.
Silk screen layers are the 2 layers that do not use filled shapes to show pads, when they are put on these layers.
So they use the default pen to plot pads.

Other items must be drawn with their own line width, regardless the default pen size.

An other behavior is a bug.
So no need to have a check box.

I am unable to reproduce your problem on my boards (just pads on silkscreen layers use the default pen).

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS