Top Silk Pcb. Todays complex pcbs are being packed with a boatload of tiny components and are designed to run at ever increasing speeds. The ink is non conductive and can be placed on top of traces without interference.
It has to suffice the readability requirement in general. Top silk layer prints the components view. Font size and line widths.
Pcb layout top silk is under top copper im a new user of the new fusion 360 eagle premium but not to eagle since ive used the old v6 eagle for a long time.
While printing this layer except top silk and board edge remaining all boxes will unselect position in layersartwork. Detailed explanation of the meaning of the pcb layer. Besides making better use of board space the silkscreen layer is brighter providing better contrast for faster hand assembly. By sarah yasin september 30 2018 september 29 2021.