Computer Aided Design
Computer Aided Design - designing things using an application on a computer (as opposed to sketches on paper)
Questions tagged [cad]
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Editing title block/frame in Eagle
As you may know, along with my previous posts in SE I've shown myself as getting familiar with Eagle. And hence, new things to learn are coming and some are not always transparent.
A simple thing such as making a proper title block/frame in Eagle…
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Why ratsnest is called so?
In my favorite CAD, Eagle, there is a function called "ratsnest", which removes all multisegment airwires and replaces them with one straight airwire.
According to wiki of some other CAD,
A multitude of airwires are called ratsnest.
But why is this…
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What is the difference between Eplan/Elcad/Autodesk Electrical vs Altium/Eagle/KiCAD?
Recently I came across the programs Eplan, Elcad and Autodesk Electrical. As far as I can tell, they are used to draw schematics. Is it possible to do the same thing with a PCB design software like Altium, Eagle or KiCAD? With the latter three it's…
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Electrical Circuitry Programs aimed at Children / Beginners
I'm sorry of this is off topic, but I figured I have a better shot asking the question here then anywhere else.
What I'm looking for is an Electrical Circuity program that was released around 2000 that makes it easy to make circuits on the computer.…
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Change group pin width with eaglecad?
I am designing a package in eaglecad and I got the pin width incorrect. I don't want to change all 100 pads manually. Is there a way to select a group and change the dimensions on all the pads?
Thanks!
Mike
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ECAD Program that knows about breakout boards?
Are there any ECAD/layout programs that know about popular breakout boards in their component libraries? For example, pieces like an ESP32 Dev Board or TB6612FNG breakout board.
(note) I am not asking for information on sourcing these kinds of…
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Deducing the CAD program used to make a schematic
I've received a reference schematic from a company whose chips I'm interested in using. After studying it for a while and copying the schematic into the CAD program I'm most familiar with, I have some questions about what some of the markings on…
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Can't define a new symbol into IEC in autocad Electrical
I got this library (see Image), online, that contains objects for household electrical components, and I am trying to make each object as a symbol into my IEC library but I can not do it. I tried this link here but nothing happened. And I tried…
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