On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:39 AM, DJ Delorie wrote: >> What's the command to do this? > > File->Export > > If you export gerber or postscript, you get them by default.
"By default" is a bit of a stretch. I mean, holy crap-- I've built dozens of designs and thousands of circuit boards with PCB, but I have *never* seen a paste layer generated (until just now when I went hunting for it-- since you said it could be done). There is *no mention* of how to generate a paste layer in the PCB documentation, nor in the PCB tips. Yes, I looked. (There is mention of what appeared to be a vestigial flag, but no hint of how to use it.) So... I had long ago come to the conclusion that PCB simply did not support solder paste layers. And so I completely avoided using PCB for designs that involved surface-mount parts. From everything I could see, surface-mount support was only for "hobby" use since there wasn't any way to generate a paste layer. And since the solder paste layer is *not* generated by default, but *only* when there are surface mount parts, I wouldn't have found it at all, except that you mentioned it today. So... Maybe it would be worth adding some mention of it in the documentation? _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user