kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>]

That is a library issue, the way it is implemented in the kicad library is
making a text that references the refdes with "%R", that looks like a
normal text to kicad, so it has no way of knowing unless it gets tailored a
bit too specific to that library style. In my particular case i do not use
the kicad standard library (partly for that reason) and get the reference
designators in my fab aids by compositing the silkscreen layer onto the fab.

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Brian Piccioni <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>