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[Chupa]

I have tight fit SMD board made in eagle. it looks like a mess with the part part labels and some of them stick out past the edge of the board. I would like to ither just move the label for the part or just remove it altogether. But it seems like the txt is stuck to the part and i cant move one without moving the other. Can someone point me in the right direction? Its messing up my dimensions when i submit it to batchpcb.

[bigglez]

I would like to ither just move the label for the part or just remove it altogether. But it seems like the txt is stuck to the part and i cant move one without moving the other. Can someone point me in the right direction? Its messing up my dimensions when i submit it to batchpcb.

Greetings Chupa,

In the layout editor for EAGLE use the "smash" command to
break each part from it's group.

Once smashed the >NAME and >VALUE properties can be
moved, rotated, editied, or deleted as required using the
"name" and "value" tools.

As the default text stroke is too small for BatchPCB there is
a silk-screen ULP that copies the text to new layers to
replace the original text. You can edit the new layers as
desired and the result will appear in silk-screen on the PCB.

The downside is that if you regen the silk (i.e. run the
ULP a second time) it will undo your edits.

I hope this helps. Another example of the unique UI for
EAGLE...

Comments Welcome!

[Chupa]

that was it. TY! 1 more thing... one of my header foot prints has pins 1 and 6 (first and last) labeled. The smash thing does not seem to work. Should it? Or am i going to have to edit the foot print itself to remove these numbers?

[bigglez]

one of my header foot prints has pins 1 and 6 (first and last) labeled. The smash thing does not seem to work. Should it? Or am i going to have to edit the foot print itself to remove these numbers?

Greetings Chupa,

Probably the numbers are built into the library part.

Open the library for this part and take a look. If you
save the edited version under a new name and then
substitute it for the first one you'll see the changes
in your final PCB design.

Comments Welcome!