X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:28:03 +0100 (CET) X-X-Sender: igor2 AT igor2priv To: "Vasily Olekhov (olekhov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com]" X-Debug: to=geda-help AT delorie DOT com from="gedah AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu" From: gedah AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu Subject: Re: [geda-help] Design a footprint with labels In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-1414210586-1487608083=:7286" Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1414210586-1487608083=:7286 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, Vasily Olekhov (olekhov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delo= rie.com] wrote: >Is there an easy way to design a footprint with a text labels on silkscree= n? >All my efforts end up when PCB removes all text, but leaves pure geometry >elements (lines, arcs etc). Not really, an element can have only 3 text objects, from which only 1 is= =20 visible at any given time. >I think this is due to the way PCB deals with text labels. It includes a >whole font definition in pcb sketch. When I try to combine all pieces to a >element, it removes all text. It's not related to fonts. It's the limited footprint model. >I thought the proper way is to somehow convert text to vector lines. >Am I doing it wrong?=C2=A0 YOu are not doing it wrong, I think currently your only option is that=20 conversion. > >Should I draw text line-by-line by hand? >Should I exclude all text from footprint? And place it only during PCB >design? > >And, by the way, is there a possibility to change font? It lacks russian >characters. You can replace the default single font. As long as pcb supports only 1=20 font, you'll probably have trouble packign both russian and english=20 alphabet in the available symbol space. Regards, Igor2 --0-1414210586-1487608083=:7286--