Schematic select PCB move

Hello there

Could someone please assist me in the question posted bellow. I will

rephrase the question more clearly, perhaps this is the reason no one

has bothered to try and assist me.

I would like to know if there is a way I can group and move components

in board editor based on a group selection made in the schematic editor.

i.e.. I would like to select in the schematic all the components say

aground my power supply and then have them selected in board enabling me

to move them off to one corner of board. This way I can place them

without searching through hundreds of component every time.

I do apologise if this question has been asked before though I have

searched the group and cannot find it if it has. I am entitled to

assistance in this forum as I am a licence holder of Eagle 6 professional.

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Jannie

On 2012/04/30 02:56 PM, Jannie wrote:

I have a Schematic with a large component count. Is it possible to group

select in the schematic view and then group move ( for placement ) in

the layout view. Also may I suggest that it would be preferable to have

the components mimic the placement on the schematic rather than having

long lines of components that have no real value, even if these

components were to be placed next to or over one other, Typically most

boards layout would mimic the schematic order in some form even if it is

just in groupings.

 

Thanks

 

Jannie du Preez

Hello there

Could someone please assist me in the question posted bellow. I will

rephrase the question more clearly, perhaps this is the reason no one

has bothered to try and assist me.

I would like to know if there is a way I can group and move components

in board editor based on a group selection made in the schematic editor.

i.e.. I would like to select in the schematic all the components say

aground my power supply and then have them selected in board enabling me

to move them off to one corner of board. This way I can place them

without searching through hundreds of component every time.

I do apologise if this question has been asked before though I have

searched the group and cannot find it if it has. I am entitled to

assistance in this forum as I am a licence holder of Eagle 6 professional.

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Jannie

On 2012/04/30 02:56 PM, Jannie wrote:

I have a Schematic with a large component count. Is it possible to group

select in the schematic view and then group move ( for placement ) in

the layout view. Also may I suggest that it would be preferable to have

the components mimic the placement on the schematic rather than having

long lines of components that have no real value, even if these

components were to be placed next to or over one other, Typically most

boards layout would mimic the schematic order in some form even if it is

just in groupings.

 

Thanks

 

Jannie du Preez

Jannie wrote:

>Could someone please assist me in the question posted bellow. I will

>rephrase the question more clearly, perhaps this is the reason no one

>has bothered to try and assist me.

>I would like to know if there is a way I can group and move components

>in board editor based on a group selection made in the schematic editor.

>i.e.. I would like to select in the schematic all the components say

>aground my power supply and then have them selected in board enabling me

>to move them off to one corner of board. This way I can place them

>without searching through hundreds of component every time.

>I do apologise if this question has been asked before though I have

>searched the group and cannot find it if it has.

have a look at http://www.cadsoft.de/downloads/file/apg.ulp

I have not used this ulp myself though.

--

Lorenz

This is a public forum.   Most of the participants are fellow users and

they are not compelled to answer your questions ..license or not.

People here will usually provide an (sometimes very brief) answer to

even the most basic questions so if you get absolutely no response its

probably because a person who knows the answer has not read your post.

Perhaps you were wanting to email Cadsoft support directly (see the

email link provided on their support page under "Personal assistance").

Jim

On 5/1/2012 7:22 AM, Jannie wrote:

I am entitled to

assistance in this forum as I am a licence holder of Eagle 6 professional.

 

On 05/01/2012 07:22 AM, Jannie wrote:

...

I would like to know if there is a way I can group and move components

in board editor based on a group selection made in the schematic editor.

i.e.. I would like to select in the schematic all the components say

aground my power supply and then have them selected in board enabling me

to move them off to one corner of board.

Jannie,

I don't know of a way to do this directly.  You may be able to do this

using a ULP... spin through the elements in a schematic and identify

which ones are members of the group.  The ULP could emit script language

to switch to the board and select those same components.

The underlying problem, though, is that while the components selected in

the board will be the same as those selected in the schematic, you will

not be able to select any connecting traces.

A step in this direction would be to design the ULP to be chained.  That

is, do the above, then as the last command in the emitted script would

be to run a different script that determines the extents of the

components selected in the board, and groups them with a polygon.

clearly this gets fairly complicated when one tries to determine the

extent of each component, accounting for SMD pads, plated holes, etc.

I am entitled to

assistance in this forum as I am a licence holder of Eagle 6 professional.

That's okay... I provide the content of my posts gratis.

Enjoy,

    - Chuck