Post by thread:[EE] Eagle PCB: ">name" and ">text" positioning

Hi, I find very frustrating the little options Eagle gives you to locate the text in the silkscreen layer. It comes from either ">Name" or ">Value" and it is defined by the package in the library element you are using, but the problem is in moderately dense PCB layouts it seldom gets the text located where you want. Initial thought would be to have the ability to move the text around, but you can't. It only let's you move the whole device, not the text alone. (Obviously the other option is to update your library with multiple package options, but that is fairly impractical) So I end up creating text in a different layer and hidding the usual ones most of the time, but as I said this is time consuming, error prone and very frustrating. Does anyone has a better way to do this? -- Ariel Rocholl Madrid, Spain

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:13:31PM +0200, Ariel Rocholl wrote: > I find very frustrating the little options Eagle gives you to locate > the text in the silkscreen layer. It comes from either ">Name" or > ">Value" and it is defined by the package in the library element you > are using, but the problem is in moderately dense PCB layouts it > seldom gets the text located where you want. Initial thought would be > to have the ability to move the text around, but you can't. It only > let's you move the whole device, not the text alone. Ariel, You can move the name and value by first clicking on the 'smash' icon, or by typing sm on the command line in Eagle. Then, click on the crosshairs of any component in your layout, and you will then see two more crosshairs pop up: one for the name, and one for the value of that part that you clicked on. You can then move these around at will. Take care, -Chris -- | Christopher Cole, Cole Design and Development, LLC spam_OUTcoleTakeThisOuTcoledd.com | | Embedded Software Development and Electronic Design http://coledd.com | | Stow, Ohio, USA 800-518-2154 |

> Initial thought would be > to have the ability to move the text around, but you can't. You can, after 'sqashing' the object. That's the dip-chip-lookalike icon at the left side. I nearly always do this for all components, and I often change the layers too. -- Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: http://www.voti.nl/hvu

SMASH command. RTFM for details. {Quote hidden}> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:13:31 +0200 > From: .....forosKILLspam@spam@arocholl.com > To: piclistKILLspammit.edu > Subject: [EE] Eagle PCB: ">name" and ">text" positioning > > Hi, > > I find very frustrating the little options Eagle gives you to locate > the text in the silkscreen layer. It comes from either ">Name" or > ">Value" and it is defined by the package in the library element you > are using, but the problem is in moderately dense PCB layouts it > seldom gets the text located where you want. Initial thought would be > to have the ability to move the text around, but you can't. It only > let's you move the whole device, not the text alone. (Obviously the > other option is to update your library with multiple package options, > but that is fairly impractical) > > So I end up creating text in a different layer and hidding the usual > ones most of the time, but as I said this is time consuming, error > prone and very frustrating. > > Does anyone has a better way to do this? > > -- > Ariel Rocholl > Madrid, Spain > --

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for! It does make sense... (Thanks Wouter and Robert as well) 2008/4/14, Christopher Cole <.....coleKILLspam.....coledd.com>: {Quote hidden}> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:13:31PM +0200, Ariel Rocholl wrote: > > I find very frustrating the little options Eagle gives you to locate > > the text in the silkscreen layer. It comes from either ">Name" or > > ">Value" and it is defined by the package in the library element you > > are using, but the problem is in moderately dense PCB layouts it > > seldom gets the text located where you want. Initial thought would be > > to have the ability to move the text around, but you can't. It only > > let's you move the whole device, not the text alone. > > Ariel, > > You can move the name and value by first clicking on the 'smash' icon, or by > typing sm on the command line in Eagle. Then, click on the crosshairs of any > component in your layout, and you will then see two more crosshairs pop up: > one for the name, and one for the value of that part that you clicked on. > You can then move these around at will. > > Take care, > -Chris > > -- > | Christopher Cole, Cole Design and Development, LLC EraseMEcolespam_OUTTakeThisOuTcoledd.com | > | Embedded Software Development and Electronic Design http://coledd.com | > | Stow, Ohio, USA 800-518-2154 | > -