I guess it all depends on what the PCB manufacturer does but in my case the pads are not silk-screened so there is no harm. It also makes sense to me that pads should not be silk-screened. Martin
---- mmabshaffer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Martin, > > I looked at the gerber files and the unwanted lines are there! Please look at > one of your gerbers and see if they have the unwanted lines also. > Bob > > > > > --- In [email protected], kajdas <kaj...@...> wrote: > > > > I used these parts before and the way I understand it is: > > that the pads do not get silk-screened so it does not matter. > > Fixing them will not change anything(?). > > Martin > > > > ---- mmabshaffer <bob.shaf...@...> wrote: > > > I have noticed that many footprints in the library include silkscreen > > > component outlines that cover that component pad. This seems like a > > > problem to me. Before I edit all the library footprints to remove these > > > component outline I thought I would check with this group of users to see > > > if I'm missing a concept. An example of such a footprint is the "-1206" > > > footprint in the "ref-packages.mod" library. > > > Thanks, > > > Bob > > > > > > >
