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Autosilk doesn't work for shapes on silkscreen layer

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I have created a mechanical package that is essentially a sillkscreen logo made of shapes, and I can place it on the board no problem, however, when I run the Manufaturing>Silkscreen function to create the Silkscreen layer for manufacturing any area that I have created on either the package geometery (class)silkscreen layer (subclass) or the board geometry (class) silkscreen (subclass) doesn't get transfered to this layer. Is there any reason for this? Package outline and other things that I have created such as text all works, it's just the shapes (used to create a solid silkscreen shape) that do not work.

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  • oldmouldy

    This does not work by design, there have been enhancements requested to get this supported. I suggest that you get a support request for this raised, just to add to the list. You could try an Edit>Change and see if you can get the shape onto a new class / subclass for Manufacturing>Autosilk_(whatever), I can't remember if this will fly or not.

  • eDave

    See /forums/p/14234/23842.aspx#23842

    This Skill utility will copy shapes and add some additional checks.

    Regards,

    Dave

  • archive

    After some playing around I found that Z-Copy will work in transfering the shapes to the Autosilk layer, just turn off interfering layers with shapes, and select Edit > Z-Copy, then select shpaes in the find window pane, then adjust for the layers you want to transfer the items to, then begin selecting the shapes...as you select them they get copied to the other layer (in this case the Manufacturing (Class), Autosilk Top (sub class).

     Worked very well, and easy (after burning up a fair amount of time trying to figure it out).

  • mcatramb91

    Hello,

    You may be aware of this, but once you use Z-copy to copy the Shapes they will no longer be associated to the symbol so if you move symbol the Shapes that were Z-copied onto the Autosilk layer will not move with the symbol. Just an FYI.

    Mike Catrambone
    Plexus Technology Group

     

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