Ah... sounds like you've got it. The layout is too dense for a silk component refdeses. I hadn't thought of setting up an assemly only layer. Can I move the silk refdeses to this layer? Using select and Shift+M doesn't work.
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:02 AM, timecop <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- ╒═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ Andrew Whyte MEng CEng Electronics & Software Design Engineer paramita ltd ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════╡ @ - [email protected] ⌨ - www.paramita-electronics.com ☎ - +44 (0) 79 81 01 61 85 ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════╛ 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
