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Op 21-11-18 om 12:55 schreef Gabriel Paubert (paubert AT iram DOT es) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com]:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 12:31:50PM +0100, Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>> ...
>> My question: is there a way to suppress the RefDes in the exported Gerber
>> files? In the View -> Displayed Element Name menu, PCB offers to show the
>> RefDes, the value or the description (footprint) of the component, but no
>> option 'none'.
> With PCB, you can do it selectively with the H (hidename) key. This
> allows you to remove the refdes on small components (0402 and smaller),
> but keep them on the large ones.

Darn ... another case of Read the Fine Manual.... My apologies!

> With pcb-rnd, you just delete the text, but you still see the refdes in small
> print in a kind of bounding box around the component.

OK, this sounds more flexible -- and thanks Igor, for your more 
elaborate explanation!

Best regards,

Richard Rasker