X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 325009 DOT 7285 DOT bm AT omp1011 DOT mail DOT bf1 DOT yahoo DOT com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1406136305; bh=o4xRolQs9u0m6VLTZxRTLmZ6qnJ4EESp5HzmzmovKak=; h=References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=2AuOzJi7F0IJHG9laZd+CL8nE1mKCgHSGLwE/ptgNWYsusqO+sZWjmOtd+oLqdLHXcZ6xQH9UnJWMu0bQGaQFI15XZf803+tWyonpq0KKwKy1w6FRTvf23Hi+kuLbLMOZHe70J2exO0Bn4VRv7zGhSaARbW/aDTjFxLwm5ebpI8= X-YMail-OSG: 6qyNuaoVM1mYQh9DDnHpv7QRb_DxCB87J3JL7ffIZN3mxe3 EgivepIvT7_uOzXUnr3B4QozSXXZxV96XB6mFPa9J1Z4hhFsF.nvRTO0geI1 JYEkulEdgFRmhN_j.SDW_moErD_KEjKYQFz2I1ZrTzcwJQku3vqeVXt89ZX7 0wj60ih60E122k8qssg4nT_sTS5dgFXYP9r0KPd82MOGtK1TtRSDMA7F1qSY HiC6pVPGCPMKT614HsFpQWlKuLzmmYAyzi8ofAEqfqbwDXRr9fnp2cWFA7N5 R8..d4FavGGsV6C1uzSBxKJ9v3LEWuy91cEfOSDW5pEatJeTQUXNHJwwRtn1 .VN.NmG7qKWKm8rpGV_0MX9br0fuw2mEQSWhvIPlh8AlPIJ32b2xOOcH5fLw wl97kc4EZHQgSVnKsMbY6e0OC6G84t8vJh7aOW.jF8s8xuJ1u0Ikx7yJBgH3 s3kEtN2kd5f8mhVyQVmC7jXn8hFCdlzRwphfzKwo9ceWNoyK0E1zBcCrDELY u98hcscGb_ODn_kf1W0eYXj8184ymL_Wp1DGDVpkc0ry2oJ_5gZA- X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 002.001,SGkgREosCgpUaGFuayB5b3UgZm9yIHlvdXIgcmVwbHkuwqAgVXNpbmcgYSAzNjAgZGVncmVlIGFyYyBmb3IgdGhlIG1hcmsgd29ya2VkIGdyZWF0LgoKSmFzb24gTWNMYWZmZXJ0eQoKCgpPbiBXZWRuZXNkYXksIEp1bHkgMjMsIDIwMTQgMTI6MzggUE0sIERKIERlbG9yaWUgPGRqQGRlbG9yaWUuY29tPiB3cm90ZToKIAoKCgo.ICgxKSBpZiBJIGRyYXcgdGhlIHBhZHMgKG9uIHRvcCBsYXllciksIGFuZCBwdXQgdGhlICJvIiBvbiBzaWxrIGxheWVyCj4gbmVhciBwYWQgMSAodXNpbmcgdGV4dCB0b29sKSwgZHIBMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.195.680 References: <1406129025 DOT 72083 DOT YahooMailNeo AT web161504 DOT mail DOT bf1 DOT yahoo DOT com> <201407231638 DOT s6NGcpJX011535 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Message-ID: <1406136304.13048.YahooMailNeo@web161501.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:25:04 -0700 From: Jason McLafferty Subject: Re: [geda-help] drawing footprint in pcb - trying to place text on silk layer To: "geda-help AT delorie DOT com" In-Reply-To: <201407231638.s6NGcpJX011535@envy.delorie.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-167995730-223623874-1406136304=:13048" Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk ---167995730-223623874-1406136304=:13048 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi DJ,=0A=0AThank you for your reply.=A0 Using a 360 degree arc for the mar= k worked great.=0A=0AJason McLafferty=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Wednesday, July 23, 201= 4 12:38 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:=0A =0A=0A=0A=0A> (1) if I dr= aw the pads (on top layer), and put the "o" on silk layer=0A> near pad 1 (u= sing text tool), draw a silk part outline, select all,=0A> cut to buffer, c= onvert buffer to element, then paste buffer on work=0A> area, the "o" does = not appear.=A0 The silk outline layer does appear=0A> as I have drawn it.= =0A=0AThere is no support for arbitrary text in footprints, sorry.=0A=0A=0A= > Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?=A0 What is the correct way=0A>= to add text to the silk layer when drawing a part?=0A=0AIn this case, wher= e you just need to draw a dot, typically you'd use a=0Azero-length trace (w= here trace width becomes dot diameter) or a=0A360-degree arc, not text. ---167995730-223623874-1406136304=:13048 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi DJ,

T= hank you for your reply.  Using a 360 degree arc for the mark worked g= reat.

Jason McLafferty


On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 12:38 PM, DJ Delori= e <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:



> (1) if I draw the pads (on top lay= er), and put the "o" on silk layer
> near pad 1 (using= text tool), draw a silk part outline, select all,
> c= ut to buffer, convert buffer to element, then paste buffer on work
> area, the "o" does not appear.  The silk outline layer does appear> as I have drawn it.

There is no support for arbitrary text in footprints, sorry.


= > Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?  What is the correct w= ay
> to add text to the silk layer when drawing a part= ?


In this case, where you just n= eed to draw a dot, typically you'd use a
zero-length trac= e (where trace width becomes dot diameter) or a
360-degre= e arc, not text.



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