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Re: KiCad LIbrary Convention update 1.1

 

Hi Jean-Pierre,

I had not noticed this, thanks. The general consensus seems to be that
values are not useful on the silkscreen layer. The comments from the
assembly house reported by Vesa say the same. Maybe it would simply be
better to leave the value field blank by default?

Carl

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 7:00 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 11/09/2016 à 04:01, Carl Poirier a écrit :
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Following comments
> > <https://forum.kicad.info/t/why-are-the-kicad-library-
> conventions-non-ipc-compliant/3678/65> on
> > KiCad's forum about the KLC, I went on to make a few adjustments to the
> KLC. They can be seen here
> > <https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/issues/687>.
> >
> > Do any of you have comments about the changes?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >
>
> Yes, for this change:
> "10.4: Value is filled with footprint name, has a height of 1mm and is
> placed on the Eco1.User"
>
> Value can be put only on a paired layer (currently only Fab or Silk for a
> text) like any graphic
> item of a footprint in a footprint library.
> ECO1 layer is not paired with ECO2 layer.
>
> It means all flipped footprints will have a broken value text if on ECO1
> layer.
>
> The "old" 10.4 rule is the only one possible option.
>
>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>

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