Can I copy/move a 'group' components a set distance via the command line?

Robert Smith schrieb:

I'm just wondering what the command would be to copy a 'grouping' of

compionents and move them a set distance

Yes, of course.

For example if I wanted to move all the highlighted components 40mm

down (so Y -40) how would I do that?

- define the group;

- MOVE (>0 0) (0 -40);

Tilmann

Robert Smith schrieb:

I'm just wondering what the command would be to copy a 'grouping' of

compionents and move them a set distance

Yes, of course.

For example if I wanted to move all the highlighted components 40mm

down (so Y -40) how would I do that?

- define the group;

- MOVE (>0 0) (0 -40);

Tilmann

Thanks...that works a charm (I did check the user guide, but the syntax wasn't clear to me at least!)

Robert Smith schrieb:

Thanks...that works a charm (I did check the user guide, but the

syntax wasn't clear to me at least!)

The syntax becomes clearer if you have a look at the general section

about how coordinates can be entered. (Each coordinate pair represents a

mouse click, and the ">" prefix means it's like the right mouse button,

picking the group.)

In EAGLE, you can do about anything with command line (and scripts).

That's extremely power- and useful.

Tilmann

Me again....whilst that move works great, is it possible to group a bunch of components, and copy a duplicate of them to the offset location?

The 'move' cmmand erhm, moves the 'grouped' components, whereas I seek to actually copy a copy of the grouped components to a new offset location (this is for duplicating towards panelizing)...I've no schematic (which I know can cause issues when panelizing et), just working with a board layout only.

Robert Smith schrieb:

Me again....whilst that move works great, is it possible to group a

bunch of components, and copy a duplicate of them to the offset

location?

 

The move erhm, moves the 'grouped' components, I see to actually copy

the components to a new offset location (this is for duplicating for

panelizing)...I've no schematic, just working with a board layout

only.

Of course that's no problem, just have a look at the CUT and PASTE

commands. Entering coordinates is always the same style, and the command

syntax is clearly explained in the HELP (each bullet represents a

coordinate provided by mouse click or numerical).

Tilmann

P.S. I could have written the concrete commands, but you learn more when

figuring them out by yourself.

Prior to posting, I did try experimenting with the cut/paste commands ...they work fine when using the mouse to move the group, but I couldn't get the cut/paste command to work like the earlier move command eg PASTE (>0 0) (0 -40)    ...it was just saying buffer empty or similar.

There must be a slick way that I've yet to discover of highlighting a group of components with the mouse, then duplicating them with a set move offset ....

So here's what I'm doing

1. GROUP ALL (this highlight everything)

2. COPY (>0 0) (0 -40);    (I was hoping this would move the copied components up the board layout by 40mm, but I get an error "paste buffer is empty")

please put me out my misery!

Robert Smith schrieb:

Prior to posting, I did try experimenting with the cut/paste commands

...they work fine when using the mouse to move the group, but I

couldn't get the cut/paste command to work like the earlier move

command eg PASTE (>0 0) (0 -40)    ...it was just saying buffer empty

or similar.

You didn't look exactly at the function and syntax of CUT and PASTE, did

you? Both commands ask for one coordinate entry (the reference

position). Of course PASTE has nothing in the buffer if you didn't CUT

it before.

There must be a slick way that I've yet to discover of highlighting a

group of components with the mouse, then duplicating them with a set

move offset ....

There's no slick way, just follow the command reference and do it

exactly as you would with the mouse.

So here's what I'm doing

 

1. GROUP ALL (this highlight everything)

2. COPY (>0 0) (0 -40);    (I was hoping this would move the copied

components up the board layout by 40mm, but I get an error "paste

buffer is empty")

COPY does not work on groups in the board, that's why I mentioned CUT

and PASTE.

It's so simple:

1. GROUP all

2. CUT (0 0);

3. PASTE (0 -40);

Tilmann

Thanks again (like *really* thanks!)

I did look at the manual....I dunno what it is about the Eagle command line language - I can make more sense of the hubble space telescope maintenance manual than  'simple' eagle commands! ;-)

Robert Smith schrieb:

I did look at the manual....I dunno what it is about the Eagle

command line language - I can make more sense of the hubble space

telescope maintenance manual than  'simple' eagle commands!

There is no particular "command line language".

All commands can be entered by mouse or by keyboard as well (or even be

run as script). That makes it extremely powerful and precise (when using

coordinate entry).

For commands and their syntax, HELP is your friend.

(i.e. HELP CUT, HELP PASTE...)

Tilmann