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Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB: why does pin name lettering appear on top &
 bottom copper Gerber output?
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On 09/10/2013 09:28 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> AFAIK this is a feature, not a bug.
> I think it's more of a bug, but one that's hard to fix with the HID
> api we have now.  What we need is CAM jobs that describe which drawing
> layers become which output layers, so that things that make sense in a
> PDF but don't make sense in a gerber, can be properly filtered.
>
> What we actually have is a single "gui vs not-gui" flag that mostly
> works but is very simple, so the user needs to be aware which parts of
> the design are WYSIWYG and what parts are GUI-only.  Perhaps we should
> change pin names to be gui-only to avoid costly problems (and yes, I
> know no change will be universally liked ;)
>
> FYI: generating gerbers in a Makefile is much more reliable anyway :-)
>
Would it be a huge deal to simply put pin numbers on their own layer?  
Named something like: "notes-do-not-fab.gbr"?