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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:08:43 +0300
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In other words, use the non-obvious behaviour of one "feature" to 
revert the not-expected result of another "feature" :)

On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:17:17 +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote:
> AFAIK this is a feature, not a bug.  
> After you have used the 'd' key to make pin numbering/naming visible,
> it will also show up in output Gerbers.  These can be useful for
> creating debugging maps.
> To generate clean Gerbers just use the "revert" command before
> outputting Gerbers - it has the side effect of clearing all displayed
> pin numbering/naming.
>
> I advise using Gerbv or some other Gerber viewer to carefully check
> all Gerbers before you go to fab. 
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Matt Rhys-Roberts  wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Please can anyone suggest how and why the red pin name lettering is
>> escaping onto top & bottom copper layers, when exporting to gerber?
>>
>> I found that the lettering was causing shorts between pads and
>> ground plane, luckily before we made too many boards!
>>
>> System here is Ubuntu 12.04, pcb version 20110918.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> Matt

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Best regards,
Anton Dubniak (twister AT tfsoft DOT org DOT ua)