Electronic – Eagle: Remove some text of a component label

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I routed a small board that will get connected to a BeagleBone Black using two 8×2 pin header connectors.

As you can see on the picture there's two labels that are drawn out of the board layout so when I upload the board on OshPark the board is bigger that what it should be.

How can I remove those two circled labels without editing the eagle component library?

Do I have to generate my own gerber files and don't use the OshPark's website to generate them?

I'm new to eagle.

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Best Answer

Your best option is to edit the part. Don't be intimidated! Eagle parts are fairly straightforward, and you have the benefit of an already-built part to modify.

I've gotten to the point that I don't even use the libraries that come with Eagle. It takes me longer to verify the library part than to create my own :)

If you do edit the part to remove the silkscreen labels, I suggest making Pin 1 a square shape. This way you'll have some way of figuring out the orientation on the board itself. Once you're done, you'll need to click Library -> Update in your design.

Another option is to make the Gerbers, but even then you would need a gerber editor to remove the unwanted silkscreen...

Good luck!