Remove Silkscreen from pads - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: antoniobeta
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2020, 04:26:58 pm
content: Hello Everyone!I am finishing a design on Altium and I have just encountered a problem.The graphic I want to print on the silkscreen PCB covers some of the pads on the top layer, I know some manufacturers will fix that problem directly on the GERBERS before manufacturing, but I was wondering how could I made that myself on Altium designer 20 so I don’t depend on the manufacturer implementation.Pictures 1, 2, 3 are screenshots of my design so you can see what I mean.I have tried the trim silkscreen tool inside Altium but the result I got is picture 6 (the before is picture 4).Any idea?

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2020, 09:09:57 pm
content: Don't worry all manufactures will do it.If you had to do it yourself, find gerber editing software, and clip the silkscreen layer from the soldermask layer. But no one needs to do that.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2020, 09:14:27 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on April 06, 2020, 09:09:57 pmbetter to make sure, years ago I got some pcbs from Olimex where there soldermask was not removed from the pads

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2020, 12:27:48 am
content: Quote from: langwadt on April 06, 2020, 09:14:27 pmIt looks like multiple people have had that same result:https://mikael.com/2012/05/pcb-received/pcb-from-olimex/https://tinkerlog.com/2008/04/04/pcbs-from-olimex/Sounds like a good reason to never buy PCBs from olimex if they can't handle such a simple step.edit: they've stopped making PCBs as of some years ago.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2020, 01:24:44 am
content: Quote from: thm_w on April 07, 2020, 12:27:48 amsome might prefer a manufacturer that doesn't change the design and makes exactly what is orderedhad I known, I would have removed it myself

author: antoniobeta
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2020, 05:50:07 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on April 06, 2020, 09:09:57 pmDo you recomend any good gerber editor program in particular?Thanks for the reply!

author: antoniobeta
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2020, 05:51:41 pm
content: Quote from: langwadt on April 06, 2020, 09:14:27 pmYeah, that´s why I wanted to do it myself, so I can be certain that the board will be manufactured correctly.But sems that this is impossible to do it inside AD.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2020, 09:12:26 pm
content: Quote from: antoniobeta on April 07, 2020, 05:51:41 pmIt will be manufactured correctly, as long as you use any half decent PCB manufacturer.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2020, 10:48:42 pm
content: Do't you run a DRC before submitting? Even the earliest versions of Eagle did that. Typically, you "smash" all components and put the names where you want them.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2020, 12:13:47 am
content: Quote from: jpanhalt on April 07, 2020, 10:48:42 pmIts not to do with font DRC, this is PCB artwork.see:http://ncmachineworks.ca/pcb-artwork/

author: antoniobeta
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2020, 11:10:47 am
content: I was thinking about Seedstudio or JLC cause they are cheap, maybe once I place the order I can send them a message so they know that they have to remove the extra silkscreen. Hope they don´t charge me extra for that.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2020, 07:51:48 pm
content: Quote from: antoniobeta on April 09, 2020, 11:10:47 amThey won't charge extra. JLC does it for sure, Seed I've never ordered from but I'm certain they would do it as well.Google seeed PCB's and you will see examples with artwork that has been clipped.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2021, 10:33:30 pm
content: Quote from: GonzoTheGreat on July 07, 2021, 08:43:46 pmit might kill you and make it hurt all the way, but you won't have to worry about unwanted solder mask