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Pins showing on top of the silkscreen? Orcad Layout?

Pins showing on top of the silkscreen? Orcad Layout?

Pins showing on top of the silkscreen? Orcad Layout?

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I am a newbie, since I have just started and I have two dumb questions to make.
I have to work on this project.  This is the top :   http://www.screencast.com/users/Schaum/folders/Jing/media/6163fc7f-56a5-4f27-805e-8914f934af03
and this one is the bottom http://www.screencast.com/users/Schaum/folders/Jing/media/2cabf8bb-98e5-4050-9357-6fa3f15ba618.   This is the bottom I have made http://www.screencast.com/users/Schaum/folders/Jing/media/dbdac557-0dda-4089-b6a0-0c0ad8eef825 although pins are showing on top as you can see  http://www.screencast.com/users/Schaum/folders/Jing/media/da0eab87-08dd-404a-853a-03bcdb5328d2. What am I supposed to do? How should I hide them? Can someone please tell what to do? Should I make the connections on top? I don't know how I should hide the pins to make it look like that, or perhaps I should do something else? Please help!!! What am I supposed to do?
 

RE: Pins showing on top of the silkscreen? Orcad Layout?

What you are trying to do at this point in time is to generate two pieces of artwork, one for the top, one for the bottom.  The artwork is used to generate screens to apply 'resist' to the faces of a sheet of FRP with copper on both faces.  Then acid is used to dissolve away the copper wherever the resist is not present, and holes are drilled through the board in the center of the various pads, where components will be soldered to front and back.

The net result is an electrical circuit connecting the components in a desired way.  The so-called 'printed circuit' is much cheaper to produce than the traditional alternatives, e.g. installing turret posts in a bare FRP board and wrapping and soldering the component leads.

It appears that perhaps you need to go through the OrCAD tutorial one more time.


 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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