From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 08:39:26 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A33E160E0084; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:39:26 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <21.007DCE8B@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:25:20 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 4912 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:25:14 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 3669; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:24:30 -0500 Received: from *unknown [171.69.11.143] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:24:29 EST X-Warning: mitvma.mit.edu: Host *unknown claimed to be cisco.com Received: (from billw@localhost) by cisco.com (8.8.8/2.6/Cisco List Logging/8.8.8) id IAA02093 for pic microcontroller discussion list ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:24:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:24:30 PST Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: William Chops Westfield Subject: Re: [EE]: EAGLE question To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:43:52 +0100 X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600696 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Evolution: 00000787-0000 I'm making prototipe board using LKPF milling machine and I'd like to put some text on the board. This is my question: how do I tell EAGLE, that I want the machine to carve text INTO the copper instead of cuting AROUND text? You can supposedly import the layer containing the text into the "rubout" layer of CCAM, but I've had trouble getting that to work for reasonable text widths. I have an easier time making sure the "pen" width is the same size as the tool and putting the text into the isolate layers AFTER the isolate operation has been performed. Beware that the text will happily cut across traces and such. Usually I add the text with CCAM instead of in eagle, cause it's easier to move around (one text object instead of a bunch of arcs and segments.) I've been searching for a way to solve the "cuts across traces" problem, but no luck yet (my long term goal would be to use the top layer milling as silk screen as well as isolation.) BillW -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.