Ah, yes, some of the supplied footprints do have that problem, and the only fix is indeed to edit the footprint (saving it into your own library so it doesn't get replaced with the defective footprint when you update kicad). The problem lies (AFAIK) entirely with the additional silk screen elements (lines, arcs, and text) defined by the footprint, not with the silk screen component of the pads. The "Print pads on silkscreen" option turns on or off the silk screen component of the pads, which is why it doesn't solve the problem for you.
But at least whilst you're editing all those footprints you can at the same time sort out anything else that bugs you about the footprint design, such as text size and visibility :). Robert. mmabshaffer wrote: > Robert and Martin.. > > I did uncheck the "Print pads on silkscreen" option and it made no > difference. Its not the pad outlines that are my concern, its the outline of > the component itself that overlaps the pad that I'm trying to get rid off. > > I'm using a version of PCNew called "2008082C-final". Should I be using a > newer version? > > > Bob > > > > --- In [email protected], Robert <birmingham_spi...@...> wrote: >> If you uncheck the option "Print pads on silkscreen" when plotting the >> Gerbers the pad silk screen is not plotted. Much simpler than editing >> all the libraries! >> >> Regards, >> >> Robert. >> >> kajdas wrote: >>> 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 <bob.shaf...@...> 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 <kajdas@> 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.shaffer@> 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 >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your >>> question. >>> Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of >>> Kicad. >>> Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your >>> symbols/modules to the kicad library. >>> For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the >>> kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups >>> Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.65/2324 - Release Date: 08/24/09 >>> 06:05:00 >>> >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.65/2324 - Release Date: 08/24/09 >> 12:55:00 >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.66/2325 - Release Date: 08/25/09 > 06:08:00 >
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