On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 01:15:06AM +0200, kai-martin knaak wrote: > > There seems to be some indifference in pcb on how to call the layers. > Mostly, it is "top/bottom", sometimes it is "component/solder" and the > gerber file names use "front/back". From teaching geda to complete newbies I > know, that this indifference adds to the confusion. Is there a reason not to > stick to a single notation, other than "it grew like this over the years"? > > If I were to choose, I'd vote for "top/bottom", because kicad, protel/altium > and eagle also use this scheme. The fabs are used to it which reduces the > probability for errors. It would help new users who come one of these > packages, too. >
I agree with this - with the gerber files in particular I often have to open each one in turn to see what they are, since the names are not used anywhere else in the program. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
