pcb2gcode-devel

[John B. <joh...@gm...>]

> > As a beginner pcb2gcode has been a great help but I have one request
> > To also create a gcode file for the silkscreen
> > This would add the finishing touch
>

For what it's worth, when I run boards at work where we need reference
designators on the board, I convert the silk designators to unconnected
negative copper tracks adjacent to the relevant parts (so they're cut out
into the copper as lines, rather than as positive copper lines with
isolation cuts around them).  In tight layouts this is a nightmare  because
it's really easy to let a refdes slip through and cut across a trace.  (But
that's what wire is for, right?)

It's sure nice in some applications, particularly if you're not the final
user and you'd like to label all the i/o for ease of use.