Eagle display SMD pad names

Hi,

I just started doing PCB design with Eagle. I followed the Beginning Embedded Electronics tutorials, but ran into a problem in “Lecture 10 - Eagle: Creating a new part.” In the tutorial, in Eagle’s package editor, when an SMD pad is placed, the name is displayed over it. I cannot get the name to display, no matter what I try (I can change it, but not display it). All layers are on, and I tried changing tName to obnoxious green, but it still doesn’t show up. Anyone know why this is? I’m using Eagle 5.6.0 for Linux on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy). Thanks.

In any editor under “Options - Set… - Misc”, check “Display pad names”. :wink:

Yeeup, that was it. Thank you!