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How to display device name on pcb

erussellK6Q8Z — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:18:46 GMT

I am trying to display the device name on the pcb. After reviewing the library footprint I realized I had forgotten to add ">Name" to the tNames layer for the device. It has now been added and the library updated. Now the text ">Name" shows up on the board, not the device name. I have tried replacing the part in both the schematic and the board with no luck. How can I get the device name to replace the text ">Name"?

Thanks,

Elizabeth

Re: How to display device name on pcb

AlinaPeng — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:46:01 GMT

Hi @erussellK6Q8Z

Sorry to hear that you're having trouble.

Could you please check if you set proper layers for the Name and Value in the symbol and footprint editor?

Symbol Name - Layer should be 95 Names

Symbol Value - layer should be 96 Values

Footprint Name - layer should be 25 tNames

Footprint Value - layer should be 27 tValues

If all above informations are correct, would you mind share with me your library by exporting the library as flbr file? I can take a look at the library and help to figure out the issue.

Best regards,

Re: How to display device name on pcb

panpan_fan — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 03:47:05 GMT

Hi @erussellK6Q8Z

I hope you are doing well!

I want to add another tip besides Alina's comment.

Would you mind checking if you addd extra blank space between '>' and 'Name'?

It should have no blank space between them.

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: How to display device name on pcb

erussellK6Q8Z — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:48:11 GMT

I was able to get around this is by creating a new footprint and device. I still don't know what the problem was with the original footprint. The layers were all correct. And there was no space between ">" and "Name". The new footprint and device look identical to me to the old one that doesn't work. I have attached the exported library file. The device that works properly is TEST_POINT_LOOP and the footprint is TH_63MIL. The device that isn't working properly is TEST_POINT_THPAD_LOOP and the footprint is TH_1_6MM. Hopefully you can figure out what went wrong.

Re: How to display device name on pcb

panpan_fan — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:26:58 GMT

Hi @erussellK6Q8Z

Thanks a lot for your flbr file. I can reproduce this issue now.

I will reported it to our develop team to have a look.

The '>Name' text in your footprint is different. You can see that the '+' icon is far away from the '>Name'.

I am not sure the reason for it. If you can remember something special, please let us know, thanks!

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: How to display device name on pcb

panpan_fan — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:53:02 GMT

Hi @erussellK6Q8Z

We find the reason for this issue now.

There is empty space after '>Name'. You can delete them and see if it works well for you.

Regards,

Panpan Fan

Re: How to display device name on pcb

RCBakerBorn — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:54:57 GMT

I am having the same issue and this does not help. There are no extra spaces.

One thing I do recall, is when I export from Eagle to Fusion 360, the component is fine.

This only happens when creating a footprint or symbol in Fusion 360.

Re: How to display device name on pcb

matt.berggren — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:02:22 GMT

The quotation marks are not used for the >NAME in either schematic or PCB. Please remove these and check if this works. You can also check these things just by creating an Global Attribute in PCB and giving it a name then referring to it using the text string >Your_Attr_Name. If the syntax is correct the attribute is resolved properly to the NAME or VALUE or both depending on what is displayed. I’ll try and generate a gif to show this process as a way to test some things more easily. I use these all the time for title blocks.

matt, autodesk

Re: How to display device name on pcb

RCBakerBorn — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:22:18 GMT

Matt,

Thank you for your reply and advice.

Your suggestion of omitting the quotes has fixed the issue.

I made the updates to all the footprints and symbols I had in my library and they display the name and values correctly.

Thank you,

Chad

Re: How to display device name on pcb

dave3PGN8 — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:03:16 GMT

I had the same issue and found that I had a newline after >NAME. Eliminating all white space after it solved the issue. Thanks!

Re: How to display device name on pcb

kterryTYYYC — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:10:41 GMT

FYI, there is a ULP script to do this automatically ...