Bad Link on Website? + Bonus Question

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Howdy. I think I found a bad link on the BatchPCB website. Here is what I did:

1)Go to BatchPCB home page

2)Click on “BatchPCB FAQ”

3)Click on “How do I use Eagle?”

  1. Now if you click on any of the following links, it takes me back to the homepage:

“Getting started with Eagle PCB and capturing a schematic”

“The basics of laying out a PCB with Eagle”

“How to create a custom footprint and part in Eagle PCB”

And now for the bonus question:

The reason that I was looking here is because I was wondering If I still have to use silk_gen.ulp or if the silk width is fixed in Eagle 5.2. Also, how do I check what my current silk width is? If someone knows this I would appreciate the knowledge.

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You can check the silk width by using the information tool (next to the eye “show” button), or you can right click on it and go properties.

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gussy:
You can check the silk width by using the information tool (next to the eye “show” button), or you can right click on it and go properties.

I don’t see anything about silk width. I wish I could post an image of what pops up. When I click on text it only gives me the following properties:

Position

Size

Mirror

Spin

Ratio

Font

Layer

Value

However, when I click on a wire it does give me the width property. I am using Eagle 5.2

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Venting With Flame:
The reason that I was looking here is because I was wondering If I still have to use silk_gen.ulp or if the silk width is fixed in Eagle 5.2.

It’s not broken, so don’t expect it to be fixed.

The problem is/was that EAGLE defaults to 6mil

silk line width which is not compatible with

BatchPCB (GP) tooling.

A wider stroke width for silk screen is recomended

to make the text print visibly and reliably.

The minimum that you can use reliably is 8mil.

Venting With Flame:
Also, how do I check what my current silk width is?

Either measure the width of your corrected

silk screen text (layer 121) using the ‘mark’

tool, or draw a new line at 8mil and use that

as a guide (don’t forget to delete this guide

or it will print on your PCB).