Printed Circuit Board Identification

• You need three items of information on the PCB itself; your name (or a trademark representing yourself), the date, and the filename of the Vectorworks file with the mask on it. If there is not enough room for your name put enough to identify yourself. If you make a PCB then modify it and make another one, then change the filename and the filename on the PCB. It is important that the mask on the file matches the actual part.
  • The data should be put on the board according to the following method.
    • 12 point size (default) text is preferred but you must use what will fit.
    • Remember that you are designing the board as if you are looking from the top. In order to read any text it must have a horizontal flip.
    • The text should be white on black background. That is you etch the text from the copper.
      • To accomplish the last two steps complete the following; menu Text==>Style select Bold; Write the text; menu Text ==> TrueType To Polyline: In Attributes Pallet make pen and fill colour white; (at this point it may be useful to put it over a black background); menu Tool ==> Rotate, select Flip Horizontal.