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Clear silkscreen from pins in Allegro Package

chads108
chads108 over 13 years ago

 Does anyone have some SKILL code that will clear silkscreen lines back x distance from pins, either as a group or individually?  I want to use this during footprint building.  Currently I have to use delete and cut to remove pieces of lines that run through pads.

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  • eDaNoy
    0 eDaNoy over 13 years ago
    Hello Dave, i could ask for your routline skill? i developed a skill that checks rated component added text rating, as for now when the skill found a component (xtal, fuse and OSC) without an added text then, the skill will create for them, since i dont have a reference point, i use component xy for my location. meaning it created a text on top of that component. maybe i could use your skill as reference. thanks

     

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  • eDave
    0 eDave over 13 years ago

    See attached.

    It's a context file in the meantime. Load it by using the commands:

    In Skill (or allegro.ilinit):

    loadContext("EDAVE_clearPinSilk.cxt")

    axlCmdRegister("clear pin silk" 'EDAVE_clearPinSilk ?cmdType "interactive")

    Type  "clear pin silk 0.25 0.2" on the command line to use a soldermask clearance of 0.25 and a minimum line length of 0.2 (These are mm, you should use appropriate values for your units. eg "clear pin silk 10 8" for mils.

    You can incorporate the call into your Skill routine by calling the function EDAVE_clearPinSilk. Eg EDAVE_clearPinSilk(0.25 0.2)

    The default for sm clearance is 0.25mm and for minimum line length - 0.21mm

    Post a message if you have any problems. 

     

    EDAVE_clearPinSilk.zip
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  • chads108
    0 chads108 over 13 years ago

     Thank you.  It work great.  Having never used a contect file before, it took me a little trial and error to get it to initiate through my allegro.ilinit.  Once I figured that out, I created a custom menu pick to run the routine.  Perfect. Thanks again.

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  • chads108
    0 chads108 over 13 years ago

     Wow, obviously it was too early for my grammar, and spelling, to work in my previous post this morning.

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  • soonlin
    0 soonlin over 13 years ago

    Hi, Dave,

    the file is in .cxt, but not a skill file. Any guide to open the file?

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