gEDA-user: Footprint silkscreen issues

[Eric Brombaugh <ebrombaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I was just doing a final review on a board that I built in gschem/PCB  
using (mostly) footprints out of the default library and saw what  
appears to be a serious shortcoming. The following footprints have  
silkscreen that overlaps the pads - something I've been told by  
experienced board designers is an issue that can cause problems during  
board manufacturing:

R025
TO92
TO220
AXIAL_LAY_300

Since these footprints comprise about 80% of my design overall, I  
imagine I'm going to be spending a lot of time correcting these issues  
with custom footprints of my own. Anyone considering a new layout  
might to well to avoid these elements and carefully review any others  
from the library that you may want to use.

If silkscreen on the pads isn't an issue in today's manufacturing  
processes, that would be good to know as well.

Thanks,

Eric


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