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["Brian Piccioni" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry if this is not the correct venue for this request, of it has already
been addressed.

 

The issue:

 

1.	Reference designation is presented in the silkscreen and duplicated
in many library parts as a FAB layer text. 
2.	Silkscreen text is usually manually adjusted to make it readable
prior to manufacturing.
3.	The position of the FAB layer reference designation is independent
of the Silkscreen reference designation.
4.	Fab layer typically has part number, value or other information.
5.	As an assembly aid, it may be desirable to print the Fab layer.
6.	Because the Fab layer reference designation position is independent
from the silkscreen reference designation, to print the Fab layer all Fab
layer reference designation has to be manually adjusted to make it line up
properly (i.e. like the silkscreen).
7.	This is redundant and unnecessary as the silkscreen reference
designation has already been moved.
8.	It is easier to simply hide the Fab lay reference designation and
print both the silkscreen and fab layer.

 

Therefor I suggest a mechanism (perhaps in the Layers menu or Set Text Size
menu) which selectively hides/unhides Fab layer reference designation.