Hi, If you want to see the values on pcbnew but you do not want them to appear on the silkscreen layer, uncheck the box "print module value" when plotting to obtain the gerber files.
Pedro. > I really don't want to place the values onthe silk screen, I assume > this is the default for most designers. I cannot see how to turn it off > at the board level. Any ideas. Again I have been editing footpronts to > do so.