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Negative text on silkscreen

Former Member
Former Member over 13 years ago

Hello everybody.

 

Is there  a way (perhaps a ULP) for creating negative text on

silkscreen ? I know it can be done by importing a .bmp file but

i wonder if there is a more elegant way.

 

Thanks

Michail Kyriakakis

 

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    Former Member over 13 years ago

    Michael Kyriakakis wrote:

    Hello everybody.

     

    Is there  a way (perhaps a ULP) for creating negative text on

    silkscreen ? I know it can be done by importing a .bmp file but

    i wonder if there is a more elegant way.

     

     

     

    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

     

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

     

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    news.cadsoft.de

     

     

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

     

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    news.cadsoft.de

     

     

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

     

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

    jigvo5$lsd$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

    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

     

     

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

     

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

     

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

    jijbvh$cu7$2@cheetah.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

     

    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

     

     

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

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    Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

    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

     

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