Re: gEDA-user: Silk on vias

[David Kuehling <dvdkhlng@xxxxxx>]

>>>>> "joeft" == joeft  <joeft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> David Kuehling wrote:

>> reading through the manufacturer's design rules, I cannot find any
>> comments on how much distance silk text should keep from vias.  Just
>> wondering, whether there problems one should be aware of (like silk
>> detaching and geting to places it doesn't belong?)  Or can vias just
>> be overprinted?
>> 
> If the vias are tented (covered with solder resist) you can print over
> them, although the ink will run on occasion and decrease the
> legibility of the text.  (Vias are tented by default with pcb.)  If
> you are printing small text (< "100%") I would stay clear of vias if
> you want all the silk to be readable.

I set all the text to 70% due to size constraints.  Well, keeping vias
away from text will be quite annoying since text is almost everywhere :)
Do I only have to keep the text away from the drill hole only (plus an
additional 0.1mm added by the manufacturer) or from the copper annulus
as well?

David
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