Negative text on silkscreen

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Hi guys,

 

I wasn't able to make this ULP to work in Eagle v.6.1.0. Did you try your script with recent

versions of Eagle? I followed these instructions:

 

--------

1. Open a new board

2. Draw a polygon on the top layer

3. Change to 8 mils the width of the polygon

4. Choose the layer 41 (tRestrict) and write or draw what you want

inside the polygon area

5. Run negasilk.ulp (a script is generated)

 

Now, you can:

Either run the script in the final board on the layer of your choice (21) or best, run the script

in a library for using the result in the board as a component

--------

 

The scripts that the ULP generates contains only a couple of lines and

not as many as the example that was inside the zip file. Do you know

what could be causing the problem?

 

Thank you.

I've just tried negasilk in V6.2.0 and all seems to work correctly

Maybe your problem is that you forget to run RATSNEST before to launch negasilk.ulp ?

I have to add this:

If you write a texte in the layer 41, you have to change the font to "vector" and check the Orphans

in the polygon properties box.

You can also reduce the width of the polygon for a best filling.

Christian Bohrer

Hi guys,

I wasn't able to make this ULP to work in Eagle v.6.1.0. Did you try your script with recent versions of Eagle? I  followed these instructions:

-

1. Open a new board

2. Draw a polygon on the top layer

3. Change to 8 mils the width of the polygon

4. Choose the layer 41 (tRestrict) and write or draw what you want

inside the polygon area

5. Run negasilk.ulp (a script is generated)

Now, you can:

Either run the script in the final board on the layer of your choice  (21) or best, run the script in a library for using the result in the  board as a component

-

The scripts that the ULP generates contains only a couple of lines and

not as many as the example that was inside the zip file. Do you know

what could be causing the problem?

Thank you.

On 2/29/2012 2:55 AM, Christian Bohrer wrote:

importexport.zip

pcb-service.ulp

gencad_131.ulp

 

Best Regards,

Christian Bohrer

 

>

Hi Christian,

The two sites mirror each other, I was able to find importexport.zip and

pcb-service.ulp on the new site as expected, however I couldn't find

gencad_131.ulp. I let our webmaster know and see what happens.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Jorge Garcia wrote:

On 2/28/2012 4:37 PM, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

 

>> Hi Jorge

>> Actually, I was right about the statement existing , but wrong in the

>> detail. My apologies.

>> .

>>   From http://www.cadsoftusa.com/forums/guidelines/?language=en

>> QUOTE

>>

>> 14. These are CadSoft news groups

>>

>> By participating, you grant to CadSoft the unrestricted right to use,

>> reproduce, modify, translate, display, perform, transmit and

>> distribute any

>> material you post to a news group in any present or future medium and for

>> any purpose, including commercial purposes.

>>

>> END QUOTE

>>

>> So there we have it. CadSoft is free to use any material posted to a

>> newsgroup as they wish.

>>

>> Regards

>> Warren

 

Hi Warren,

 

Then it sounds like you're better off posting the ULP to the Online Repo

then to the newsgroup. The Upload rules seem a lot less intrusive then

the newsgroup guidelines.

 

Funny how things work.

 

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Hi Christian.

I would like to thank you for your ULP. It really saved me hours of work.

Michael Kyriakakis

"Jorge Garcia" <jorge@cadsoftusa.com> a écrit dans le message de news:

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On 2/28/2012 2:59 AM, Christian Bohrer wrote:

 

>>

>> OK! No problem.

>> You have my permission to download my negasilk ulp in the ULP section of the CadSoft site.

>> Christian Bohrer

>>

>>

>

Thanks Christian,

 

I'm sorry if I stepped on your toes. I made sure to give you credit on the upload, thanks of

writing the ULP.

 

I hope the clarification will ease the concerns of other users and motivate them to post their

ULPs on the site so that other users may benefit from them.

 

Thanks again.

 

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Hi Jorge,

Maybe I missed something but it seems there are two sites to post ULPs

The old:

http://cheetah.cadsoftusa.com/cgi-bin/download.pl?page=/home/cadsoft/html_public/download.htm.en&dir=eagle/userfiles/ulp

And the new: http://www.cadsoftusa.com/cadsoft-downloads/

If this is the case, there are 3 programs on the old site that have not been transferred to the new

site:

importexport.zip

pcb-service.ulp

gencad_131.ulp

Best Regards,

Christian Bohrer

On 2/28/2012 4:37 PM, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

Hi Jorge

Actually, I was right about the statement existing , but wrong in the

detail. My apologies.

.

  From http://www.cadsoftusa.com/forums/guidelines/?language=en

QUOTE

 

14. These are CadSoft news groups

 

By participating, you grant to CadSoft the unrestricted right to use,

reproduce, modify, translate, display, perform, transmit and distribute any

material you post to a news group in any present or future medium and for

any purpose, including commercial purposes.

 

END QUOTE

 

So there we have it. CadSoft is free to use any material posted to a

newsgroup as they wish.

 

Regards

Warren

Hi Warren,

Then it sounds like you're better off posting the ULP to the Online Repo

then to the newsgroup. The Upload rules seem a lot less intrusive then

the newsgroup guidelines.

Funny how things work.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Jorge Garcia wrote:

On 2/27/2012 5:24 PM, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

>> Correct me if I'm wrong. The terms of use of the CadSoft site are,

>> if you upload something there the IP rights are transferred/gifted

>> to CadSoft. There are no such terms for the Newsgroup forum and some

>> authors elect to post content there but purposly avoid uploading to

>> the website to prevent gifting the IP rights to CadSoft.

>>

>> It may pay to check out your action.

>>

>> Warren

>>

>>

>

Hi Warren,

 

There is no such condition on the site. Here's the upload statement:

 

"You can use this form to upload a file to the CadSoft Download

directory and make it available to other EAGLE users.

 

By uploading a file you document that this file may be freely

downloaded, used and modified by anybody who wishes to do so, without

any limitations whatsoever – unless your upload contains a statement

about a certain license that applies to your files (like, e.g., the

GNU Public License).

 

After you have uploaded your file, an automated email will be sent to

you at the given email address. You need to reply to that message to

confirm your email address before your file will be reviewed.

 

Note that your email address will be listed on the download page, so

that others can contact you in case of problems or questions.

 

CadSoft reserves the right to decide whether or not to make any

particular upload available for public download."

 

We basically consider the ULPs as open source software, so no one

really has ownership of them. Thanks for the concern, though it's

nice to know someone's got your back. I made sure to give Christian

credit for the ULP when I uploaded it. I figure sinced it was already

in the public domain it would be OK to upload it to the site, kind of

like a mirror.

 

Thanks for the concern, and for making me look into this. At the very

least it's taught me to be more careful.

 

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Hi Jorge

Actually, I was right about the statement existing , but wrong in the

detail. My apologies.

.

From http://www.cadsoftusa.com/forums/guidelines/?language=en

QUOTE

14. These are CadSoft news groups

By participating, you grant to CadSoft the unrestricted right to use,

reproduce, modify, translate, display, perform, transmit and distribute any

material you post to a news group in any present or future medium and for

any purpose, including commercial purposes.

END QUOTE

So there we have it. CadSoft is free to use any material posted to a

newsgroup as they wish.

Regards

Warren

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news.cadsoft.de

On 2/28/2012 2:59 AM, Christian Bohrer wrote:

 

OK! No problem.

You have my permission to download my negasilk ulp in the ULP section of the CadSoft site.

Christian Bohrer

 

>

Thanks Christian,

I'm sorry if I stepped on your toes. I made sure to give you credit on

the upload, thanks of writing the ULP.

I hope the clarification will ease the concerns of other users and

motivate them to post their ULPs on the site so that other users may

benefit from them.

Thanks again.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

On 2/27/2012 5:24 PM, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong. The terms of use of the CadSoft site are, if you

upload something there the IP rights are transferred/gifted to CadSoft.

There are no such terms for the Newsgroup forum and some authors elect to

post content there but purposly avoid uploading to the website to prevent

gifting the IP rights to CadSoft.

 

It may pay to check out your action.

 

Warren

 

>

Hi Warren,

There is no such condition on the site. Here's the upload statement:

"You can use this form to upload a file to the CadSoft Download

directory and make it available to other EAGLE users.

By uploading a file you document that this file may be freely

downloaded, used and modified by anybody who wishes to do so, without

any limitations whatsoever – unless your upload contains a statement

about a certain license that applies to your files (like, e.g., the GNU

Public License).

After you have uploaded your file, an automated email will be sent to

you at the given email address. You need to reply to that message to

confirm your email address before your file will be reviewed.

Note that your email address will be listed on the download page, so

that others can contact you in case of problems or questions.

CadSoft reserves the right to decide whether or not to make any

particular upload available for public download."

We basically consider the ULPs as open source software, so no one really

has ownership of them. Thanks for the concern, though it's nice to know

someone's got your back. I made sure to give Christian credit for the

ULP when I uploaded it. I figure sinced it was already in the public

domain it would be OK to upload it to the site, kind of like a mirror.

Thanks for the concern, and for making me look into this. At the very

least it's taught me to be more careful.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

"Warren Brayshaw" <warrenbrayshaw@paradise.net.nz> a écrit dans le message de news:

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Jorge Garcia wrote:

>> On 2/25/2012 3:55 PM, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

>>>

>>> There is a ULP called negasilk.ulp by Christian Bohrer

>>>

>>> It exists as an attachment to a posting in the eagle.support.eng

>>> forum The easiest way to locate it is to use the eagle central portal

>>> http://www.eaglecentral.ca/forums/ and search for negasilk

>>> It's in the topic "silkscreen inverse text"

>>>

>>> Warren

>>>

>>>

>>

>> The negasilk ULP has also been uploaded to the online repository at

>> www.cadsoftusa.com-> Downloads-> User Language Programs. It's been

>> submitted should show up on the list in a day or two.

>>

>> Best Regards,

>>

>> Jorge Garcia

>> Cadsoft Support

 

Jorge

 

Did you get permission from the author to upload it to the CadSoft site?

 

Correct me if I'm wrong. The terms of use of the CadSoft site are, if you

upload something there the IP rights are transferred/gifted to CadSoft.

There are no such terms for the Newsgroup forum and some authors elect to

post content there but purposly avoid uploading to the website to prevent

gifting the IP rights to CadSoft.

 

It may pay to check out your action.

 

Warren

OK! No problem.

You have my permission to download my negasilk ulp in the ULP section of the CadSoft site.

Christian Bohrer