X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=tlSoeTA4E/SlCsOJfOUHTho7ZPvdv+Q2AjN2J/gCQHw=; b=qDjdgS6Uhq16TdzFOzdiAQtxprHqNL4BOvOOKSQx30Nqo+d29Iu5T87WBw6e77RnFb TSQlvGQzd2Xr2TjfylBYSpHLmWkBePgrE5nI5GthWtDF6nkFqBxODmnVVmIfQRie9frl 3bTpe/iBlgb41S7u+4cYa1phiq2gvwfNUl4LL44tuG7dcoWlHxuQr3xaYXPQP7McnmSn B++Edb8sD0nrosGX4idrIOqKISfhJINayGmLKv4uDhdSl+Ga8Y4HS21HYy2Gs0eRhg7m VmEHFtzBCzwy4aBLYCBidJ7yHkTe5UB00ZKm31NJFWi7oY12iEbqFG/II14TSjN4caDu UeUQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.82.71 with SMTP id g68mr10484811oib.30.1439741151429; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:05:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55CDA62A.6070706@envinsci.co.uk> References: <55CDA62A DOT 6070706 AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:35:51 +0930 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] Retaining silk screen text when converting buffer to element? From: "Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113d7fd6e6492b051d6fdb2b Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --001a113d7fd6e6492b051d6fdb2b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 This may do what you need: https://github.com/erichVK5/FootprintTextForPCB It is a utility for converting a text string into a footprint element that can then be broken into silk line elements for addition to a footprint you are making. I have added a demonstration footprint, demo.fp, to show what is possible. The utility allows the generated text to be zoomed or shrunken with an optional magnification ratio, and uses the free Hershey Sans 1 Stroke Font I previously ported to gEDA. I there's a lot of demand, I'll add support for Hershey German Gothic.... https://github.com/erichVK5/FootprintTextForPCB/blob/master/demo.fp Have fun, Erich. On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Matt Rhys-Roberts ( matt DOT rhys-roberts AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] < geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote: > I've just spent ages drawing a complicated footprint, using top layer > rectangles for SMD pads, and silk screen lines to show the device outline. > > I also wanted to include silk screen text in the final element, but this > disappeared when converting the buffer to an element! The silk lines were > unaffected though. > > Can anyone advise me on how to make the silk screen text appear along with > everything else please? > > Thanks, > Matt. > --001a113d7fd6e6492b051d6fdb2b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It is a utility for= converting a text string into a footprint element that can then be broken = into silk line elements for addition to a footprint you are making.

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I have added a demonstration footprint, demo.fp, to show what is poss= ible.

The utility allows the generated text to be zoomed or sh= runken with an optional magnification ratio, and uses the free Hershey Sans= 1 Stroke Font I previously ported to gEDA.

I there's a lo= t of demand, I'll add support for Hershey German Gothic....

https://github.com/erichVK5/FootprintTextForPCB/blob/master/demo.fp
Have fun,

Erich.

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On Fr= i, Aug 14, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Matt Rhys-Roberts (matt DOT rhys-roberts AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-use= r AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
I'= ;ve just spent ages drawing a complicated footprint, using top layer rectan= gles for SMD pads, and silk screen lines to show the device outline.

I also wanted to include silk screen text in the final element, but this di= sappeared when converting the buffer to an element! The silk lines were una= ffected though.

Can anyone advise me on how to make the silk screen text appear along with = everything else please?

Thanks,
Matt.

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