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[Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is there any way to have it not on silkscreen, besides editing the
.kicad_mod file by hand?

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio <
l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> During coding and after pondering on my finding I realized the
> following:
>
> "There is *nothing* mandating reference and values to be on silk"
>
> They are simply put there by default. So we can just let the user put
> them on another layer if he wants; I personally would put the master
> reference on assembly and another reference (to be macroexpanded) on
> a user text on silk.
>
> Of course that would be a library convention. But it would solve all of
> my use cases, for example.
>
> Another thing: the layer processing for modules on text is *exactly* the
> same as the one for graphic items (not a surprise). In fact the big fat
> warning for entities on copper is still there! Do we already have
> some cpp file where to put these misc utilities refactored around?
>
> --
> Lorenzo Marcantonio
> Logos Srl
>
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