Help with Kicad

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Frank40

Frank40

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Help with Kicad

Hi I am making a PCB for my new amp using Kicad. But I think my Gerber files look weird compared to the videos I can find on YouTube. Can some one tell me, if the numbers on the on the layout will mess up the fabrication, or how to remove them.

Thanks in advance
 

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Mark Johnson

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Depends on the board fab. The fabs I use, seem to automatically delete graphical lines on the FrontSilkScreen (and BackSilkScreen) layers, which overlap the SolderMask layers.

You could use GerbView to display only the soldermask layers and the silkscreen layers, to get a rough idea of how much text the fab may delete.

I don't know how the text got there in the first place, so I don't know how to make it disappear. You may need to start Googling for "KiCad unwanted node text" and other such descriptions.
 
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