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Android App to view Eagle V6.xx files

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Former Member over 11 years ago

I found a nice app to view Eagle files version 6.xx on my Android Galaxy Tab 2.

Both, boards and schematic files can be viewed in a very good quality! image

 

The link to the free version.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.elfsoft.eagleviewer.demo&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiZGUuZWxmc29mdC5lYWdsZXZpZXdlci5kZW1vIl0.

 

Unfortunately I can only open demo files, so I will buy the pro version. It is it worth!!! image

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    Jorge_Garcia over 11 years ago

    This message isn't making it into the NNTP forums. I'm going to try copying the link here to see if it's an emoticon issue.

     

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.elfsoft.eagleviewer.demo&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiZGUuZWxmc29mdC5lYWdsZXZpZXdlci5kZW1vIl0.

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  • Lupo
    Lupo over 11 years ago

    It sounds interesting. Let us know your experience with the PRO version.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to Lupo

    Lupo wrote:

     

    It sounds interesting. Let us know your experience with the PRO version.

     

    I bought the Pro version to try out on my Nexus 7, just for grins. Some of

    my impressions:

     

    - doesn't come with much documentation (a flaw of most Android apps).

     

    - only works with V6 files - an error message pops up if you try to open

    anything earlier.

     

    - There are three initial icons: folder, layer, and a magnifying glass.

    Nothing works until you click on the folder icon, and the folder icon then

    opens to the download directory/folder of your device. So, the first order

    of business is to download (V6) files to your device's download directory.

    There doesn't seem to be a file dialog--just a view of the download

    directory.

     

    - Once you've downloaded a schematic and (matching) board file, clicking on

    either will open the board/schematic. The magnifying glass doesn't do

    search, it simply expands the sch/brd to full-screen. The standard

    pinch/zoom works as expected. In fact, it appears you can zoom out all the

    way to 4m square, with your schematic/board merely a few retina-pixels in

    width by that point.

     

    - A brd/sch icon appears which allows you to toggle between the board and

    the schematic.

     

    - The layer icon allows you to enable and disable the display of the various

    layers of the schematic/board. The layer dialog seems 'bouncy' (ie doesn't

    always register presses) but it does eventually work.

     

    - Rotating the tablet between portrait/landscape view works fine.

     

    - Board layers are not semi-transparent like they are in Eagle. Solid

    ground/power fills will totally block the view of other layers. The layer

    colors are fixed (odd red, even blue, power purple, gray for most others)

    and I don't see any way to change them. Details like split planes and flash

    don't appear on the power/ground layers. Pads, traces, vias and the like

    appear to be drawn accurately.

     

    - The schematic appears much like it does in Eagle. However, if the value

    layer is on all values appear, even if you've deleted them from the

    schematic in Eagle. For example, I typically delete the value from my test

    points (things like >VERT_TESTPOINT) and just leave the name (TP100 for

    example). In this viewer app all of those '>VERT_TESTPOINT' values re-

    appear.

     

    - A bigger issue with the schematic viewer is that it appears to only show

    the first page. I downloaded a 5-page schematic, and I have no clue how to

    scroll to the other four pages. There's no menu, and no amount of swishing,

    pinching, squeezing or double-tapping pops up anything that gives a hint

    that four more pages exist. The title block simply shows >SHEET where the

    page number is supposed to be.

     

    - The app never crashed, opens the files quickly, and is quite speedy. No

    problems in that department. It seems to cache the schematic, as even after

    I deleted the downloaded files it still shows page 1 of the schematic at

    startup. Clicking on the sch/brd icon produces a 'File Not Found' error

    however.

     

    My overall impression is that it's an interesting novelty at the present

    time, and might be useful for showing off simple two-layer boards. However,

    the lack of proper representation of polygon-filled power/ground layers

    makes it unsuitable for demonstrating more complex layouts. As for schematic

    viewing, I find print-to-PDF works better, as the PDF viewer shows all 5

    pages and allows searching. Hopefully a number of these issues will be

    addressed in future updates. I can see this app being useful down the road

    as an inexpensive way for those without Eagle Pro licenses to see and review

    complex Eagle layouts.

     

    I also feel this was money well spent insomuch as I am now more convinced

    than ever in voting 'NEIN NEIN NEIN!' for CadSoft spending its limited

    development resources on an Android/iOS version of Eagle at this time. I do

    NOT want to do board layout on my tablet! At least not until they have

    voice-input working flawlessly and I can simply speak my routing desires to

    Eagle (and with an adjustable curse filter).

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Lupo
    Lupo over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Thank you Bob for your detailed review. Let's say that this app is good enough for its price and it is more than a beta stage level as far as it could be still developed and features improved.

     

     

    Lupo

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  • fritzz
    fritzz over 11 years ago in reply to Lupo

    I agree that a full Eagle ios or Android app seems pointless.

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  • Lupo
    Lupo over 11 years ago in reply to fritzz

    In my opinion there are many features that have to be implemented before think to a tablet version.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to Lupo

    In article <1421278463.6851349347708600.JavaMail.jive@flcspu-csapp-

    01.premierfarnell.com>, noreply-120087@element14.com says...

     

    In my opinion there are many features that have to be implemented before think to a tablet version.

     

    I'm often amazed at what people are willing to do on a public network

    known to be impossible to secure.

     

    Connecting hardware design systems to the internet is potentialy

    physically dangerous to the designer and every user of equipment

    designed by them.

     

    As for using the client server model built into tablets?  To think

    people allow banks to put their details online is just hillarious.

     

    It should be a criminal offence to connect design software to public

    networks.

     

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