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Subject: Re: [geda-user] PNG export question
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> Hello,
> 
> For reasons of documentation (creating drawings with component placement
> and connection references etcetera), I'd like to have a PNG image of a
> PCB with the silk screen and the pins/pads showing, but not the rest of
> the copper (tracks and polygons) -- so in essence the view you get
> on-screen with all the copper layers switched off.
> 
> Unfortunately, when I turn all layer visibility off and select
> 'as-shown' in the PNG Export dialog, pins and pads no longer show up in
> the PNG image, even though they do show on-screen.
> 
> Is there a way to have just the silk screen, pins and pads showing? Or
> is this not possible?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Richard Rasker

I guess ideally there would be filters for layers and partially orthogonal composite objects like: pad, via, parts. Ideally they should be possible to apply for: screen, selection and export.

Nicklas Karlsson