On 9/9/2014 1:23 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 01:07:15PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> I'm going to side with Brian on this one. I don't want the position of >> my reference designators changed from where *I* put them irregardless of >> the plot type. I really don't care what the IPC rule is. If I didn't >> want the there, I would have put them somewhere else. If you saw how >> small the boards I lay out are, you would understand how silly this rule is. > > We just agreed on that, and I already backed off the patch. I don't know > your boards but mine usually are so full that there is no place > whatsoever for reference designators:D So I size the silk as for > assembly rules (and plot the assembly big enough to use it). If you read > the article for sub 0603 parts the assembly package is actually > *enlarged* to make space for the text! (luckily never had the need for > them...)
Thanks. > >> This this the problem with most standards. There are always use cases >> which the implementer could not foresee that make the standard >> impossible follow thereby rendering it useless or even worse an >> impediment from getting something useful accomplished. > > Well, at least IPC is a voluntary standard; they make your board even if > it doesn't comply (usually). However I find most of it quite useful and > well tought. Also, it's the only standard we have around:P > >> I think Orson was (is?) working on the module editor which addressed >> some of these issues. > > Yesterday I checked and there was no way to choose the layer for the > text. Should be easily done, however. I'm more worried about how the > rest of kicad reacts to text on different layers (like the picking > code). I hope it would be chosen just like any other object in Pcbnew. Obviously we would need to verify this. > >> The library developers would have to agree on a layer to add the >> assembly text and update the footprints accordingly. > > I'd say the fabrication layer, since it was added exactly for that > reason... > Makes sense to me. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
