User Guide

in layer 27, tValues, as the placeholder for the value, and place this at a
suitable location. We use proportional font with a text height of 70 mil
asdefault.
If you want to have texts upside down by a package rotation of 180°,
youhavetousethe Spin flag(seehelpfunctionforTEXTcommand).
ThetextscanberelocatedatalaterstageusingSMASHandMOVE.
AreasForbiddentoComponents
In layer 39, tKeepout, you should create a restricted area over the
whole component using the RECT command or draw a frame around
the package with WIRE. This allows the DRC to check whether compo
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nentsonyourboardaretoocloseorevenoverlapping.
Description
Click on Description in the description box. A window opens in whose
lower part it is possible to enter text, while the formatted appearance of
the description is displayed in the upper part (Headline). The text can
be entered in Rich Text format. This format works with a subset of
HTML tags that allow the text to be formatted. You will find detailed
informationinthehelpsystemunder RichText.
ThedescriptivetextforourDIL-14mightlooklikethis:
<b>DIL-14</b>
<p>
14-PinDualInlinePlasticPackage,Standard
Width300mil
Itisalsopossibletoadd,forinstance,thereferencedatabook,
the e-mail address of the source or other information here. The search
facility in the Layout Editor’s ADD dialog also looks in this text for
keywords.
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