El mié, 15-02-2006 a las 21:46 -0500, DJ Delorie escribió: [snip] > So we seem to have two types of fab houses - those that ignore the > silk clears because they're going to do the right thing anyway, and > those that ignore them because they don't support them. > > Sounds like clearance cuts in the silk layer was a bad idea; I think > we should take it out and rely on DRC to warn us of silk where it > shouldn't be. > > But it also means we should be drawing that silk on top of the pads in > the GUI too, so that you see that it's wrong. > > Feedback?
I don't know too much about the gerber file format... but I have access to a commercial EDA program that cuts the silk layer using the solder mask. This seems what you have coded, but I never had problems with it. Maybe it's using another way to do it. Would you like me to send you a little example? Carlos
