Problems with drawing the ARC in tPlace layer

Chupo wrote:

I've made a new part, a 10 mm trimmer:

 

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5095/arc01.png

 

The bigger circle is drawn in the tDocu layer. Now, I'd like to draw a

mark in the tPlace layer but, of course, wouldn't want the silkscreen

to touch the pads.

 

This is the best what I could draw with the ARC tool:

 

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9889/arc02.png

 

However, these arcs are not in the same position as the circle so

everything doesn't look very nice when both tDocu and tPlace are

switched on:

 

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9632/arc03.png

 

I thought I might draw the arcs with the ARC command + parameters with

precise position, radius ad starting&endong angles, but seems that

doesn't work. I thought I could draw some arbitrary acr and then edit

the parameters but the arc parameters are dimmed.

 

Is there maybe a way to draw the circle, explode it, and then cut the

portions around the pads?

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Chupo

Don't use the ARC tool. Use the Wire tool with curve. Your trimmer is one of

the simpliest to make because you can use the circles as a guide.

Set the GRID to FINEST

Click on the circle where you want to start the arc. Hold the CTL key down

and click the centre. Move to the end point of the arc and left click. You

should have your arc.

HTH

Warren

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In article <k08016$g71$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de>, Warren Brayshaw

<warrenbrayshaw@paradise.net.nz> says...

Don't use the ARC tool. Use the Wire tool with curve.

What exactly do you mean by 'Wire tool with curve'? I am looking at

http://web.mit.edu/xavid/arch/i386_rhel4/help/100.htm

Your trimmer is one of

the simpliest to make because you can use the circles as a guide.

Set the GRID to FINEST

Click on the circle where you want to start the arc. Hold the CTL key down

and click the centre. Move to the end point of the arc and left click. You

should have your arc.

 

I find the described procedure works only when using Wire with Wire

Bend option 7 (Freehand), did you mean that combination when you've

said 'Wire tool with curve'?

ps

I was following this tutorial on creating the parts:

http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/110

The author mentioned two shortcuts:

'Press Alt+F10 and you should see the coordinates in the upper task bar

switch to mm.'

and

'We're switching back to Imperial units! Press F10.'

I can see in Eagle 6 F10 is for Redo. Does that mean F10 was the

shortcut to switch to inches in previous versions? Which command has to

be assigned to some key to switch to mm or to in?

Thank you very much for your time

Regards,

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Chupo

In article <k08016$g71$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de>, Warren Brayshaw

<warrenbrayshaw@paradise.net.nz> says...

Don't use the ARC tool. Use the Wire tool with curve.

What exactly do you mean by 'Wire tool with curve'? I am looking at

http://web.mit.edu/xavid/arch/i386_rhel4/help/100.htm

Your trimmer is one of

the simpliest to make because you can use the circles as a guide.

Set the GRID to FINEST

Click on the circle where you want to start the arc. Hold the CTL key down

and click the centre. Move to the end point of the arc and left click. You

should have your arc.

 

I find the described procedure works only when using Wire with Wire

Bend option 7 (Freehand), did you mean that combination when you've

said 'Wire tool with curve'?

ps

I was following this tutorial on creating the parts:

http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/110

The author mentioned two shortcuts:

'Press Alt+F10 and you should see the coordinates in the upper task bar

switch to mm.'

and

'We're switching back to Imperial units! Press F10.'

I can see in Eagle 6 F10 is for Redo. Does that mean F10 was the

shortcut to switch to inches in previous versions? Which command has to

be assigned to some key to switch to mm or to in?

Thank you very much for your time

Regards,

--

Chupo

In article <k0afqi$ac7$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de>, Joern Paschedag

<jpaschedag@t-online.de> says...

Group that arc and copy it. You can move and mirror it then...

 

Thank you very much, that's it.

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Chupo

Am 13.08.2012 10:09, schrieb Chupo:

In article <k0abba$qpm$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de>, Warren Brayshaw

<warrenbrayshaw@paradise.net.nz> says...

>> What  you need to do is described there around the 3rd to last paragraph

>>

>> select WIRE

>> Choose the layer you wish to draw on.

>> select BEND 2 (ie straight)

>>

>> Click to place one end point of the arc

>> At this point the wire is straight as you move to the next point

>> The second click point will be the arc radius but you need to hold  down the

>> CTL key as you click the second point

>> You now have a bent line attached to the cursor.

>> Click  a third time to terminate the arc

>>

>

Thank you very much.

 

And just one more thing - is there a way to somehow draw the second arc

to be precisely symmetrical in respect to the y-axis? It is not easy to

draw exactly the same arc on the another side of the y-axis, the second

one should be a mirror of the first one.

 

Group that arc and copy it. You can move and mirror it then...

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

Joern Paschedag

In article <k0abba$qpm$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de>, Warren Brayshaw

<warrenbrayshaw@paradise.net.nz> says...

What  you need to do is described there around the 3rd to last paragraph

 

select WIRE

Choose the layer you wish to draw on.

select BEND 2 (ie straight)

 

Click to place one end point of the arc

At this point the wire is straight as you move to the next point

The second click point will be the arc radius but you need to hold  down the

CTL key as you click the second point

You now have a bent line attached to the cursor.

Click  a third time to terminate the arc

 

Thank you very much.

And just one more thing - is there a way to somehow draw the second arc

to be precisely symmetrical in respect to the y-axis? It is not easy to

draw exactly the same arc on the another side of the y-axis, the second

one should be a mirror of the first one.

--

Chupo

Chupo wrote:

In article <k08016$g71$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de>, Warren Brayshaw

<warrenbrayshaw@paradise.net.nz> says...

>> Don't use the ARC tool. Use the Wire tool with curve.

 

What exactly do you mean by 'Wire tool with curve'? I am looking at

 

http://web.mit.edu/xavid/arch/i386_rhel4/help/100.htm

 

What  you need to do is described there around the 3rd to last paragraph

select WIRE

Choose the layer you wish to draw on.

select BEND 2 (ie straight)

Click to place one end point of the arc

At this point the wire is straight as you move to the next point

The second click point will be the arc radius but you need to hold  down the

CTL key as you click the second point

You now have a bent line attached to the cursor.

Click  a third time to terminate the arc

HTH

Warren

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