Eagle - Text formatting question....

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Hi All,

I think I’ve seen something about this in the docs somewhere, but I can’t seem to find it now!

Is it possible to create text (for pin names, wire labels, etc.) that have the negation bar over the text? I can do something like ‘*MCLR’ for example to indicate thata signal is active-low, but it would be so much nicer to be able to write the text with a bar over the top!

Thanks,

John

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John,

Placing an exclamation mark before and after your text, such as !MCLR!, will do what you want.

Jon

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Hi Jon,

Ah!, perfect, that works like a charm :stuck_out_tongue: !

Thanks,

John

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Along those lines, how do we add symbols, like a diode symbol, to the silk screen?

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how do we add symbols, like a diode symbol, to the silk screen?

You draw them, using lines, rectangles, arcs, polygons, and etc. usually within the library part definition for the relevant component. For instance, I got tired of not being able to tell my SMT resistors from my SMT capacitors and made new separate packages:

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You have to pay some attention to how much will show on the actual PCB, once the silkscreen layers are clipped to the non-exposed-copper areas (xCream), and you can be exacting about putting some of the drawing on tPlace (actual silkscreen, usually) and some on tDocu (only shown in editor) if you want…](modifiedRCL | Note that R & C component packages have been m… | Flickr)