"Jeff" == Jeff Miller via groups io <jeffarcy@...> writes:
Jeff> Thanks John. I missed out a step in the design flow and now all seems ok.
Great, glad to hear that. It might help others if you posted exactly
what you missed... just so others build on your experience. :-)
On Jul 24, 2022, at 6:47 PM, Chris via groups.io <chris.carter.iee@...> wrote:
?Easiest way for us to help is for you to post a copy of your project
files. If you 'Archive Project' you get a ZIP file you can post.
Chris
On 7/24/2022 5:26 PM, John Stoffel wrote:
"Jeff" == Jeff Miller via groups io <jeffarcy@...> writes:
Jeff> G¡¯day, Jeff Miller here. I¡¯m making a small PWB with gnd plane
Jeff> on both sides using KICAD 5.1.9 Windows 10. I want text on the
Jeff> front side. I select TEXT and F.SilkS, write the text and all
Jeff> looks great. Then I switch to F.Cu and all the text is gone. I
Jeff> look at 3D Viewer and I see the text there. If I click don¡¯t
Jeff> show filled areas then I see the text I sent the board to
Jeff> OSHPARK, and the boards come back without text, but the
Jeff> component¡¯s, Q1, R1, etc are all there. I¡¯m not doing something
Jeff> right but I don¡¯t know what. Help please, thanks, jeff
Jeff,
First off, welcome to Kicad! It's a great program, but sometimes its
a pain to learn the tricks. Also, I'd strongly recommend you upgrade
to the latest release (6.1.x) or at least goto 5.1.10 on Windows. All
the fixes, etc.
Second, can you post a copy of your board design to show the problem?
Or maybe some pictures of the board?
When you show only the F.silks layer, do you see all your text,
including the text for the components? That might be a hint to the
issue.
I'm trying to think back when I did my last board and I don't recall
switching to a specific layer to add text, I just used the text tool
and it came out just fine.
It might be helpful to watch some of the 5.1.x series videos which do
some example boards, they might help you here.
John
Jeff>
