horak
Newbie level 6
Dear friends,
I have following problem in PCAD2001/2002: when trying to print top silk layer together with the top (or bottom or any other) layer in background as a view for better component assembing, I am not able to print refdes text over any pad. Every time the area, where is the pad overmask the refdes text, everytime it seems, that the PAD must be in foreground when printing.
This is an upleasant problem, because if you have the refdes inside the SMD border rectangle, the refdes due to its size must lay over the pad area. This problem does not appear when trying to print in draft quality, but then the picture is not so nice (and usable), as far as the draft display is full of unwanted lines (mainly the poured copper is lined).
Does anybody met with this problem and find a solution, how to do that, respectively how to print selected layer in foreground and some in background?
I am using now only standart windows printscreen key to make a picture of the display, as far as on the display it appears okay, and proces it to get normal colors, but I find this very stupid way to do that.
Another comical thing concerns the displaying of components, which contain lines on the top or bottom layers. The lines in the component displays every time in foreground, even when any other layer is active, tan the layer where this line is on. In this case, this lines of the component overmask the refdes on the display too, on the printing too.
I am not too familiar with this software, so I would like to know your opinion. In case of interest (or my bad english), I can send some problematic pcb for test.
Thanks for reading.
I have following problem in PCAD2001/2002: when trying to print top silk layer together with the top (or bottom or any other) layer in background as a view for better component assembing, I am not able to print refdes text over any pad. Every time the area, where is the pad overmask the refdes text, everytime it seems, that the PAD must be in foreground when printing.
This is an upleasant problem, because if you have the refdes inside the SMD border rectangle, the refdes due to its size must lay over the pad area. This problem does not appear when trying to print in draft quality, but then the picture is not so nice (and usable), as far as the draft display is full of unwanted lines (mainly the poured copper is lined).
Does anybody met with this problem and find a solution, how to do that, respectively how to print selected layer in foreground and some in background?
I am using now only standart windows printscreen key to make a picture of the display, as far as on the display it appears okay, and proces it to get normal colors, but I find this very stupid way to do that.
Another comical thing concerns the displaying of components, which contain lines on the top or bottom layers. The lines in the component displays every time in foreground, even when any other layer is active, tan the layer where this line is on. In this case, this lines of the component overmask the refdes on the display too, on the printing too.
I am not too familiar with this software, so I would like to know your opinion. In case of interest (or my bad english), I can send some problematic pcb for test.
Thanks for reading.