Re: gEDA-user: pcb: back, bottom, solder, or what?

[Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 01:15:06AM +0200, kai-martin knaak wrote:
> 
> There seems to be some indifference in pcb on how to call the layers. 
> Mostly, it is "top/bottom", sometimes it is "component/solder" and the 
> gerber file names use "front/back". From teaching geda to complete newbies I 
> know, that this indifference adds to the confusion. Is there a reason not to 
> stick to a single notation, other than "it grew like this over the years"? 
> 
> If I were to choose, I'd vote for "top/bottom", because kicad, protel/altium 
> and eagle also use this scheme. The fabs are used to it which reduces the 
> probability for errors. It would help new users who come one of these 
> packages, too.
>

I agree with this - with the gerber files in particular I often have
to open each one in turn to see what they are, since the names are not
used anywhere else in the program.
  


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