Blue Line across vias or hole

Devesh_Bhatia · October 30, 2019, 12:26am

Hello ,

Is is a bad design for a blue line to cut across vias or a hole?

Regards

Devesh Bhatia

Sprig · October 30, 2019, 12:47am

@Devesh_Bhatia What Layer is the Blue Line on?

hermit · October 30, 2019, 1:08am

Are you talking about the silkscreen? You have the option to keep silk screen off of copper. I think that’s in the gerber options. Some places do it whether you specify it or not.

Devesh_Bhatia · October 30, 2019, 1:52am

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qrPYcNhzgZEvsUie7YElk60mkH6K4RR/view?usp=drivesdk

Sprig · October 30, 2019, 1:54am

No access to that file.

Once your trust level is up you will be able to upload an image to the forum directly.

Devesh_Bhatia · October 30, 2019, 1:56am

Sprig · October 30, 2019, 2:02am

That image actually makes it more difficult for me to understand what your issue is.

In PcbNew you can un-check the visibility of each layer one layer at a time until the Blue Line is no longer displayed; then you will know which layer the Blue Line is on.

Devesh_Bhatia · October 30, 2019, 2:27am

It is on the silk layer.Is it a bad design.

Seth_h · October 30, 2019, 2:53am

I quite enjoy that Eagle users feel they get better responses to their PCB questions here on the KiCad forum than in the Autodesk support

hermit · October 30, 2019, 3:03am

I was thinking maybe they used legacy in an old version.

eelik · October 30, 2019, 7:53am

I would say it’s bad design if the silkscreen line and the pad belong to the same footprint. If not, it’s less bad design but still may be called so. As hermit said, you can exclude maskless areas from silkscreen layer from the generated gerbers. Do that if you are unsure.

I recommend using the 3D view to check how the board looks like. With and without the components. It helps with the silkscreen, too.

system · January 28, 2020, 7:53am

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