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From: Benjamin Bergman <ben AT benbergman DOT ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:19:50 -0500
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com> wrote:

> > Likewise
> > - I haven't figured out how to do bottom silk.
>
> If you have any silk on the "solder side", it will be exported as a
> "bottom silk" gerber file.  It's pretty confusing, however, since
> "silk" is sort of two layers in one.  If you just want component
> outlines and reference designators, all you have to do is move the
> element to the "solder side" by putting the mouse over it and
> hitting 'b'.  Its associated silk outline/refdes will then be
> exported to the "bottom silk" gerber.
>
> To draw on the "bottom silk", you need to switch to the "solder
> side view" by hitting the Tab key. You'll notice that all silk on
> the top side then is drawn in a different color (the "far side"
> color; click "far side" layer to disable this completely, really
> useful for complex boards).


I have struggled with this back-side silk layer issue before. While I think
it is possible to do everything you might want to do with the current
arrange, but it is very un-intuitive. I would appreciate seeing the bottom
silk being a separate layer. I'm sure the currently available commands to
send a selection to the bottom layer could be retained so nothing is lost
in the transition.

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Colin D Bennet=
t <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:colin AT gibibit DOT com" target=3D"_bla=
nk">colin AT gibibit DOT com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x">

<div class=3D"im">&gt; Likewise<br>
&gt; - I haven&#39;t figured out how to do bottom silk.<br>
<br>
</div>If you have any silk on the &quot;solder side&quot;, it will be expor=
ted as a<br>
&quot;bottom silk&quot; gerber file. =A0It&#39;s pretty confusing, however,=
 since<br>
&quot;silk&quot; is sort of two layers in one. =A0If you just want componen=
t<br>
outlines and reference designators, all you have to do is move the<br>
element to the &quot;solder side&quot; by putting the mouse over it and<br>
hitting &#39;b&#39;. =A0Its associated silk outline/refdes will then be<br>
exported to the &quot;bottom silk&quot; gerber.<br>
<br>
To draw on the &quot;bottom silk&quot;, you need to switch to the &quot;sol=
der<br>
side view&quot; by hitting the Tab key. You&#39;ll notice that all silk on<=
br>
the top side then is drawn in a different color (the &quot;far side&quot;<b=
r>
color; click &quot;far side&quot; layer to disable this completely, really<=
br>
useful for complex boards).</blockquote></div><br><div>I have struggled wit=
h this back-side silk layer issue before. While I think it is possible to d=
o everything you might want to do with the current arrange, but it is very =
un-intuitive. I would appreciate seeing the bottom silk being a separate la=
yer. I&#39;m sure the currently available commands to send a selection to t=
he bottom layer could be retained so nothing is lost in the transition.</di=
v>


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