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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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  • On 02/27/09 21:07, Malcolm wrote:

    Klaus,

     

     

    Your screen shot isn't what I am seeing. See enclosed screen dump. This is

    of three smd pads with SET PALETTE WHITE and SET PAD_NAMES_ON. The pad names

    are P$1, P$2 and P$3 as you would expect, but you can't see them. Before the

    screen shot was taken I renamed the top pad to a long name so you can see

    that it is actually dispayed under the pad. Weird. EAGLE 4.16 behaves the

    same way on both systems here at the office.

     

    I'm sorry, I totally missed that you are using EAGLE 4.16 (although

    you mentioned that in the first line of your message).

     

    EAGLE 4.16 uses "subtractive" color mixing on white background, which

    means that the default color #7 (dark gray) mixed with color #4 (red)

    doesn't result in a new color.

     

    You could set the color #7 in the "white background" palette to some

    other value that better mixes with the basic colors.

     

    Klaus Schmidinger

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    Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

    CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

    Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

    D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

    _______________________________________________________________

     

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  • On 02/27/09 21:07, Malcolm wrote:

    Klaus,

     

     

    Your screen shot isn't what I am seeing. See enclosed screen dump. This is

    of three smd pads with SET PALETTE WHITE and SET PAD_NAMES_ON. The pad names

    are P$1, P$2 and P$3 as you would expect, but you can't see them. Before the

    screen shot was taken I renamed the top pad to a long name so you can see

    that it is actually dispayed under the pad. Weird. EAGLE 4.16 behaves the

    same way on both systems here at the office.

     

    I'm sorry, I totally missed that you are using EAGLE 4.16 (although

    you mentioned that in the first line of your message).

     

    EAGLE 4.16 uses "subtractive" color mixing on white background, which

    means that the default color #7 (dark gray) mixed with color #4 (red)

    doesn't result in a new color.

     

    You could set the color #7 in the "white background" palette to some

    other value that better mixes with the basic colors.

     

    Klaus Schmidinger

    --

    _______________________________________________________________

     

    Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

    CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

    Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

    D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

    _______________________________________________________________

     

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