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Cannot get pad names to display in package editor

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I'm having a problem with a copy of EAGLE V4.16 that I've used for the last

couple of years without problems.

 

In the last few days I've found that I can't get the pad names to display on

packages in the library editor! Both the SET PAD_NAMES ON command or the

Options -> Set->Misc->Display Pad Names menu pick check box have no effect.

If I transfer the library to another system in our office the pad names

display correctly, so I reckon it can't be the data in the library file

itself. Re-installing the EAGLE package doesn't help.

 

Is there a hidden layer I need to turn on, an .epf file or an registry entry

that's got corrupted somewhere?

 

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

 

Malcolm Sharp

 

 

 

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  • Problem solved!

     

    The problem is with the use of background colours and the order in which

    colours written to the screen.

     

    If you issue SET PALETTE WHITE in the package editor (which I like to do)

    then the pad names are written in grey first and then the pad or smd is

    written on TOP of the name. If the name is smaller than the pad then you

    don't see it! That was the problem. You can check this if you change the

    name of the pad to make it bigger than the smd pad as you can see the large

    name extending out from under the smd pad.

     

    The behaviour when you SET PALETTE BLACK or SET PALETTE COLORED is

    different. The smd pad is displayed first and then the pad name is written

    in grey over the top.

     

    So the workaround is don't develop packages using SET PALETTE WHITE mode if

    you want to see the pad names.

     

    The solution is when you SET PAD_NAMES ON the pad name should always be

    written on top of the pad or smd irrespective of the PALETTE employed.

    Hopefully this is the case with later versions of EAGLE.

     

    Regards,

     

    Malcolm

     

     

     

    "Richard Hammerl" <ric@cadsoft.de> wrote in message

    news:go5rqt$b76$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

    Malcolm Sharp schrieb:

    Jörn

     

    Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, using REDRAW command (or button)

    or

    any other command that causes the image to refresh still doesn't cause

    the

    pad names to be displayed.

     

    I don't think it is anything to do with the library files themselves as

    the

    pad names don't display on packages in the libraries that are part of

    the

    EAGLE distribution. The same libraries also work perfectly on another

    EAGLE

    system  we have in the office. Uninstalling and reinstalling the EAGLE

    package doesn't help either. Is there a registry entry or something that

    is

    retained when EAGLE is reinstalled that may have become corrupted?

     

    Regards,

     

    Malcolm

     

    Don't you see the pads names if you zoom further into the drawing?

    Provided "Display pad names" is active in Options/Set/Misc and the

    Pads layer or Top/Bottom layer for SMDs is displayed.

     

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

    Richard Hammerl

    CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

    FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

     

     

     

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  • Problem solved!

     

    The problem is with the use of background colours and the order in which

    colours written to the screen.

     

    If you issue SET PALETTE WHITE in the package editor (which I like to do)

    then the pad names are written in grey first and then the pad or smd is

    written on TOP of the name. If the name is smaller than the pad then you

    don't see it! That was the problem. You can check this if you change the

    name of the pad to make it bigger than the smd pad as you can see the large

    name extending out from under the smd pad.

     

    The behaviour when you SET PALETTE BLACK or SET PALETTE COLORED is

    different. The smd pad is displayed first and then the pad name is written

    in grey over the top.

     

    So the workaround is don't develop packages using SET PALETTE WHITE mode if

    you want to see the pad names.

     

    The solution is when you SET PAD_NAMES ON the pad name should always be

    written on top of the pad or smd irrespective of the PALETTE employed.

    Hopefully this is the case with later versions of EAGLE.

     

    Regards,

     

    Malcolm

     

     

     

    "Richard Hammerl" <ric@cadsoft.de> wrote in message

    news:go5rqt$b76$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

    Malcolm Sharp schrieb:

    Jörn

     

    Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, using REDRAW command (or button)

    or

    any other command that causes the image to refresh still doesn't cause

    the

    pad names to be displayed.

     

    I don't think it is anything to do with the library files themselves as

    the

    pad names don't display on packages in the libraries that are part of

    the

    EAGLE distribution. The same libraries also work perfectly on another

    EAGLE

    system  we have in the office. Uninstalling and reinstalling the EAGLE

    package doesn't help either. Is there a registry entry or something that

    is

    retained when EAGLE is reinstalled that may have become corrupted?

     

    Regards,

     

    Malcolm

     

    Don't you see the pads names if you zoom further into the drawing?

    Provided "Display pad names" is active in Options/Set/Misc and the

    Pads layer or Top/Bottom layer for SMDs is displayed.

     

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

    Richard Hammerl

    CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

    FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

     

     

     

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