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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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  • soori3
    0 soori3 over 13 years ago

    Hello,

    Here i am having some more issues while running the context file

    1). It is not working for silkscreen bottom.

    2). It is not working properly for circular silkscreen.

          a. Creating an extra circle with lesser radius

          b. Not clearing properly at the right side bottom of the circle.

    Thanks,

    Suresh Annam

     

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    0 chads108 over 13 years ago
    Yes, just like you would call any other SKILL routine.  Here is a line from my menu:
     
     MENUITEM "Clear SS 0.15mm...",                    "clear pin silk 0.15 0.2"

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    0 soori3 over 13 years ago

    Hello Dave

    Can you please help me for clearing the issue that i mentioned above

     Regards,

    Suresh

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    0 eDave over 13 years ago

    Hi,

    Yes, as Chad said, add a line like this somewhere appropriate in your allegro.men menu file:

    MENUITEM "Clear SS 0.15mm...",                    "clear pin silk 0.15 0.2"

    You shouldn't edit the installation menu file. Copy a new one from C:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\share\pcb\text\cuimenus\allegro.men to a path that you need to set in your user preferences menupath variable. You can test it first by placing it in your working directory.

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    0 soori3 over 13 years ago

    Hello Dave,

    I got it with the menu file but i am facing issue as i mentioned below please help me

    Here i am having some more issues while running the context file

    1). It is not working for silkscreen bottom.

    2). It is not working properly for circular silkscreen.

          a. Creating an extra circle with lesser radius

          b. Not clearing properly at the right side bottom of the circle.

    Thanks,

    Suresh Annam

     


     
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