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Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB: why does pin name lettering appear on top &
 bottom copper Gerber output?
From: Peter Clifton <pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk>
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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 02:55:36 +0100
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On Tue, 2013-09-10 at 12:28 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > AFAIK this is a feature, not a bug.
> 
> I think it's more of a bug

Definately a bug IMO.

> , but one that's hard to fix with the HID
> api we have now.  What we need is CAM jobs that describe which drawing
> layers become which output layers, so that things that make sense in a
> PDF but don't make sense in a gerber, can be properly filtered.

The GL code requires things a little differently, I just need to find
time to finish re-factoring it all..

(It might help this case too).

> What we actually have is a single "gui vs not-gui" flag that mostly
> works but is very simple, so the user needs to be aware which parts of
> the design are WYSIWYG and what parts are GUI-only.  Perhaps we should
> change pin names to be gui-only to avoid costly problems (and yes, I
> know no change will be universally liked ;)
> 
> FYI: generating gerbers in a Makefile is much more reliable anyway :-)

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Peter Clifton <peter DOT clifton AT clifton-electronics DOT co DOT uk>

Clifton Electronics