Thanks all. Richard Weinberg Agere Systems -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Bratton Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:43 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Auto Silk in 15.2 We sometimes do the same, but only select "silk" for Package Geometry. We don't do Board Geometry or refdes since we really don't want them to be clipped at all. We carefully locate them so they do not need to be clipped, and we don't want the system second-guessing us. If there's a refdes that really does not fit on the silkscreen we change the text to the display layer so it's not really gone, just not plotted. _____ From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary MacIndoe Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:02 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Auto Silk in 15.2 Hey Richard, Yes of course, but in a semi automatic way (I don't let Allegro move around my ref des!). At the end of the design, I adjust the silk ref des (Ref Des/Silkscreen_Top) to be out from under the components and not on pads and vias. I also add lines to point to some ref des in very dense areas (Board Geometry/Silkscreen_Top). We silk all designators and part outlines, so the silk gets pretty busy!. We also silk design info, such as board title, rev and logos. After the silk ref des is adjusted (can take up to half a day!), I run auto silk (Manufacture -> Silkscreen...), which takes all of the pieces and puts them on the Class/Subclass "Manufacturing/Autosilk_Top" & "Manufacturing/Autosilk_Bottom". I set it up as follows: Good luck! Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Longmont, Colorado -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Weinberg, Richard (Richard) Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:42 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Auto Silk in 15.2 All, Does any one really use Auto silk? If so what settings do you use? __________________________________________________ systems agere Richard Weinberg Tel: 207 846 4539 Applications Engineer rweinberg@xxxxxxxxx ReferenceDesigns ___________________________________________________