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7. Tutorial (continued)

7.10 Adding Text

To complete our masterpiece, let's add some text on the top silk-screen layer to identify the board.

- Select Text from the Add menu to pop up the Add/Edit Free Text dialog.

- Enter "Motor Controller" in the Text field. Make sure that the Units are set to "MIL". Enter "100" in the Uppercase Height field, as shown below.

- Click OK. You will find yourself dragging a rectangle which represents the bounding box for the text. Place this near the bottom of the PCB, and left-click.

This completes our PCB layout. In the next section, we will create the Gerber and drill files which you would send to the manufacturer to fabricate your board.

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