X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj AT delorie DOT com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-help] PCB: bottom layer split In-Reply-To: (geda-help@delorie.com) Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 22:10:00 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk "Christopher Nielsen writes: > Does anyone know much about the 'groups' in PCB? Yes :-) > I have a 2 sided board. I placed a component on the 'far side' layer, > which I'm expecting should be appearing on the 'bottom' gerber output. But > no. Check your Groupings (File->Preferences->Layers->Groups) Whatever column is your "back side" needs to have the row for your copper layer checked AND the row for "bottom side" checked. That tells PCB which copper layers are on the "far side". > I looked at http://wiki.geda-project.org/#community looking to join the > IRC (I'm a bit new to IRC). And in Pidgin, I go to 'Add account', I cannot > because I don't already have a user/pass, so I'm not sure where to enter > the irc.oftc.net/6667 info. That web page doesn't mention anthing about a > user/pass. OFTC suffered a huge spam problem a few months ago, and most of the lists (if not the whole server) require authentication before posts are allowed. I could probably revert that now for #geda.