Chips: Add More Types of Silkscreens

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   No matter what Chip is selected; the silk screen has not been changed; I think it needs to be improved; although the software supports manual addition; the operation is too troublesome!

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pzt648485640 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 02 Aug 2013 Location: shanghai Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote pzt648485640 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Chips: Add More Types of Silkscreens Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 10:55am
	No matter what Chip is selected; the silk screen has not been changed; I think it needs to be improved; although the software supports manual addition; the operation is too troublesome! For example, as shown below:



Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:03am
	Many users have 2 FPX files. One for adding the Calculator dimensions for 3D STEP creation. One for moving the footprint to FP Designer to get a full body silkscreen.
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pzt648485640 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 02 Aug 2013 Location: shanghai Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote pzt648485640 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:41am
	I think this is very troublesome; for example, the silk screen rounded corner effect; currently it can only be exported and do the silk screen processing separately; but different platforms... For example, some require PIN 1 foot silkscreen; some do not; this requires multiple .fpx classification and batch export; this problem still lies in the software design; if some configurations can be saved separately to fpx, it will not require multiple fpx problems .

pzt648485640 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 02 Aug 2013 Location: shanghai Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote pzt648485640 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:47am
	I think the best way to make silk screen is to define it once by the user; apply the formula to calculate it directly later; instead of designing the silk screen for the same type of component multiple times.

Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:54am
	We'll look into this as an Option that is applied when you open a footprint. It can't be saved to FPX file because we're opening a new PCBPOD.com website in January that will have 4 million parts that include schematic symbols, footprints and 3D models. This has been in development for the past 2.5 years. The number of parts will double in 2022 and double again in 2023. Can't change the FPX file at this point, but we can add Options.
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pzt648485640 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 02 Aug 2013 Location: shanghai Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote pzt648485640 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 12:21pm
	There are still quite a lot of online libraries; each has its own characteristics; it does not get a unified standard; and secondly, the management is too cumbersome. Chip can be solved by setting different types of silk screens for different types... You can refer to the solidworks formula calculation method to follow up a better solution; relying on Footprint to Designer too much is not a long-term solution...

Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 2022 at 3:02pm
	We added the silkscreen outline that you recommended for all chips that could not otherwise produce a silkscreen outline due to a user Option Rules violation. Download and install the V2022.01 pre-release - www.pcblibraries.com/downloads Here is what it looks like:
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pzt648485640 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 02 Aug 2013 Location: shanghai Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote pzt648485640 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 2022 at 7:19pm
	It is recommended to also add the rectangle to the options.

Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 2022 at 10:00am
	No, it's automatic. All chips will get the line but if the chip is too small for the line it will hatch. i.e.: every chip will have a silkscreen outline now. Thanks for the idea.
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pzt648485640 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 02 Aug 2013 Location: shanghai Status: Offline Points: 81	Post Options Post Reply Quote pzt648485640 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Feb 2022 at 9:50am
	Please test other parameters;The value "min" of D cannot be greater than 1.87 to be valid; this modification is a bit wrong!