On Saturday, February 04, 2012 12:04:30 PM Fox Mulder did opine: > Am 04.02.2012 13:02, schrieb gene heskett: > > On Saturday, February 04, 2012 06:46:40 AM Fox Mulder did opine: > >> Am 04.02.2012 08:25, schrieb gene heskett: > >>> I have moved these labels one at a time to other layers so I can try > >>> 5 layers per run of pbc-gcode, but I'm having zero luck finding the > >>> magic tname label that works. > >>> > >>> So, what layer in eagle do I move these text labels to so they come > >>> out in the $basename.top.txt.ngc file? > >>> > >>> And is there something else I need to do, the pcb-gcode previewer > >>> shows total blanks where they should be at all times. > >> > >> To show the text in the top ngc file you have to put it into the top > >> layer. This way it will get milled in the same step as the top traces > >> and will be shown in the preview window of pcb-gcode. The TNAME layer > >> is only for reference and will never be in the generated gcode. > > > > But then it carves it as an outline, and pcb-gcode alludes to just > > carving the centerlines of the character somehow. It is quite > > readable on the first pass but later passes as the isolation is > > increased do a massive job of making the characters illegible. > > pcb-gcode does generate the files but they show as blank in the > > preview viewer, and contain no code that touches the board for either > > .top or .bot. files. The font is set to vector. > > > > I there something I can set in the eagle 'info' screen for these > > characters that will tell pcb-gcode that this is text, treat it > > accordingly? > > Ah ok now i know what you wanted. For that you have to put the text into > the milling layer (46). If the text is normal it will be on the top side > and when mirrored it appears on the bottom side. In pcb-gcode you have > to activate "generate text" in the "generation options" tab. Than after > generation you will see a preview of the text and the output for the > text is in a file called $basename.top.text.ngc and > $basename.bot.text.ngc. > > I tried it myself and it works as expected for engraving result. :) > > I doesn't like the way that pcb-gcode normally will mill away all copper > which is not used. Therefore i put a polygon over the whole board with a > gap of ~0,2mm between all traces. Than pcb-gcode will only mill away > these small 0.2mm width lines around the traces which is much faster and > preserves your precious router bit. :)
Which is what it is doing now, so I wonder if we have the same version of pcb-gcode. My version only mills away to the maximum isolation setting & anything outside of that is left. However, by golly that worked, and even has the right polarity, showing the white characters on a black background. On this point I am a happy camper again, thank you very much Rainer. > Ciao, > Rainer Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> mummy, n.: An Egyptian who was pressed for time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
