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A Computer Aided Design (CAD) program that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

A Computer Aided Design (CAD) program that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

See its website for more information: https://sourceforge.net/projects/eaglecad/

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New eagle library: reuse standard package & symbol

I need to make few components in Eagle, which are all in standard packages, and I can see them in ref-packages.lbr. The problem is that when I am creating my library I don't see how I can reuse package/symbol from another library, so that I only…
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What is the correct way to indicate a NC (no connect) pin in Eagle CAD

I looked around for NC symbols etc. and off course, leaving pins hanging will throw errors when doing a design rules check. So what would be the best practice for indicating NC pins in Eagle CAD?
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How do I change the properties of several objects at once?

I have several lines and arcs in an EAGLE footprint library I need to modify to make thicker. In Altium it's straightforward to hold Ctrl, click on a bunch of objects, open up their properties and change them all at once. In EAGLE I have no…
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How to measure component distances in EAGLE PCB

How do I easily measure how far apart two objects are in EAGLE 5.11.0 Light? Is the easiest way to record the coordinates and subtract?
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Is it possible to move names and parts separately in board edit mode in Eagle?

Most factory-created PCBs I have seen has part names aligned very accurate, without any overlap, without placing under the SMD devices, and so on. My question is - can I move part names separately from parts itself using Eagle (7.1.0 if that…
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Stop mask errors in DRC

I'm doing my first board in Eagle (first board at all, actually) and am getting a lot of stop mask errors around parts that I'm using out of the Nordic and Adafruit libraries. Every point of intersection across the nrf51822 and the 3.3 coin cell…
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Automatically renumbering element parts in Eagle

I have a circuit in Eagle, and say that counting from left, I have R1, R2, R3, then between R1 and R2 I'm adding a new resistor, it will be named R4. I will end with (looking on the circuit) R1, R4, R2, R3. It's not ordered. I would like to keep…
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what is the difference between tplace and tdocu layers in eagle pcb?

It seems that they both show graphics on the PCB. However, it is not clear which is used when.
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How can I force drill holes in Eagle

I have some routing like this; I would like this pad/wire connection to print solid black with a small hole in the middle. After I etch with toner transfer, I'll need to see where to drill. I can use drill-aid.ulp, but the resulting white donut's…
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Eagle: Selecting a group by signal name?

In the eagle board layout, I want to group a specific signal specified by its name so I can move it to another layer via the CHANGE LAYER command. I do not manually want to click on every segment of the signal, after all, there is no point in…
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Eagle 7 two finger scroll issue

I upgraded to Eagle 7 a couple of days ago the the scroll behaviour seems to have changed. Using a two finger scroll on a mac trackpad I used to be able to pan around in Eagle 6 but using Eagle 7 this has now become zoom in and out. Has anyone else…
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How to create "wireless" networks in Eagle Cad

In this schematic they've somehow created "wireless" networks, meaning networks that connect two components but don't have an actual wire in the schematics. What are these called, and how can I create them in Eagle Cad 6.5?
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Eagle: Single Pad with multiple Pins

I do have a chip where a pin can have multiple functions depending on the circumstances*. For clearness I'd like to have multiple pins in my symbol which all map to the same physical pad. The other way around is easy (use @: GND@1, GND@2, etc.) but…
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how to Design Rule Check an Eagle file in a git hook?

I can't find how to launch the ERC and DRC from the command line in Eagle. My hope is putting the command in a git pre-commit hook. I'm perfectly ok with using a third party program or library if need be, but my google fu is not strong enough to…
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method of locating schematic part on board layout?

In a design with a large number of parts it can be difficult to immediately pin-point a part's location on the board. Is there an easy method of finding a schematic part's location on the board layout?
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