If it helps, I place the text on the back of my boards on layer 22 (bPlace) and within Eagle it should appear backwards or mirrored (assuming you can see it thru any ground pours ;-) ).
Regards, Brad KF7FER On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Joshua Noble <[email protected]> wrote: > I should clarify that I'm using Eagle. > >>However, I think when Laen's automatic tools produce the images for > "what we think your board will look like," they're showing the view from > that side of the board. > > And the Bottom Silk Screen view looks fine while the Board Bottom view is > reversed so I'm not sure which one to trust or which is more indicative. > > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:58 AM, David Madden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 8/30/14, 10:53 AM, Joshua Noble wrote: >> > Does anybody know if silkscreen text on the back side of a PCB needs to >> > be >> > reversed or mirrored to appear correctly? Intuitively I'd assume it's >> > drawn >> > unreversed but the oshpark preview is showing that it's backwards. I >> > figure >> > a lot of people here have used oshpark, so thought I'd ask :) >> >> I use KiCad, and I make my back-side text mirrored. It comes out the >> right way on the actual boards. >> >> I think most CAD tools show everything as seen from the front, so when >> you look onscreen, you should expect to see back-side stuff mirrored. >> However, I think when Laen's automatic tools produce the images for >> "what we think your board will look like," they're showing the view from >> that side of the board. >> >> FWIW, the only time I actually have to fiddle with the "Mirrored" flag >> is when I put extra text on the rear silk. Packages and library >> footprints that have text on them, are automagically mirrored when KiCad >> puts them on the bottom of the board. >> >> -- >> Mersenne Law LLP · www.mersenne.com · +1-503-679-1671 >> - Small Business, Startup and Intellectual Property Law - >> 9600 S.W. Oak Street · Suite 500 · Tigard, Oregon 97223 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > > > > > -- > joshua noble > http://thefactoryfactory.com > > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
