um, you should have component refdes near the component on the silk level. if you have some more complicated assembly-related instructions (outline of big component, keep-out area, etc) they should go in assembly layer.
why do you have refdes outside of the board from beginning? On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM, andrew whyte <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems that there must be a more elegant way of doing what I'm > trying to do in PCB. So I thought I'd ask. > > I have a layout, that I have moved component idents away from the > components, (for simplicity & space), the manufacturer still needs to > know which component to put where and has asked for an assembly > drawing. If I export PCB to a postscript file, I get good assembly > drawings, but the position of the idents is still off board. > > I can reset the offsets of the idents manually, but this means > trawling the .pcb file in a text editor (and let's assume that my > regular expression skills aren't hot enough to automate that). Anyway, > this simply puts the ident at the origin of the component which is > usually the middle, I'd like to have each ident centered on the > component and aligned with it (like when they are first imported from > gsch2pcb). > > Is there an easier way to generate a document that will tell my > manufacturer which footprint is which component? > > Thanks for your interest. > > -- > ╒═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ > Andrew Whyte MEng CEng > paramita ltd > ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════╛ > paramita ltd, is a limited company registered in England and Wales. > Registered number: 6631289. Registered office: 788-790 Finchley Road, > London, NW11 7TJ (please use trading address for normal correspondence) > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
