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Reece R. Pollack schrieb:

There are times when it would be very handy to be able to rotate the

view of a PCB layout or schematic. I don't mean by changing the layout

or schematic itself, but rotate how the layout or schematic is VIEWED.

 

It'd also be handy to be able to flip a PCB over so you're viewing it

from the bottom, rather than the top.

 

This is nothing more than coordinate translation when drawing the screen

and interpreting click locations. It wouldn't change anything stored in

the schematic or board file, so the effects in the code should be

relatively localized.

Seemingly you don't know how often (and for how long) this has been

requested before - unfortunately without responses so far.

Tilmann

Seemingly you don't know how often (and for how long) this has been

requested before - unfortunately without responses so far.

 

Tilmann

 

So true. Still want it...

Markus

Am 27.08.2012 08:58, schrieb Markus Rudolf:

>> Seemingly you don't know how often (and for how long) this has been

>> requested before - unfortunately without responses so far.

>> Tilmann

So true. Still want it...

Me too. Possibly easy to implement - wondering why it was ignored for so

long....

Stefan

On 8/28/2012 8:31 PM, Andrew Sterian wrote:

 

Jorge,

 

The survey is a good start. But finding the right answers and the right

questions is hard. The right answer to support calls that ask when EAGLE

will be available for Android is "When Android runs on computers with

enough control and display capability to make it possible to operate a

complicated CAD program, and also has enough market share of deployed

operating systems to make it worth the development".

 

So...not yet.

 

In other words, the customer is not always right, and the smart

companies know when to say no to them.

Very clever response I don't think I could get away with it, but it

may serve me some day. We're not saying yes to anything yet, that's not

my responsibility, I'm just trying to gather feedback.

>> It doesn't make any sense to me, but I put it on there. If it's truly as

>> useless as we all think it is then that will reflect in a low number of

>> votes for that feature.

 

The people that make support calls and ask for Android support aren't

your customers. The people on this newsgroup are. Create a survey based

upon what we've been asking for!

 

>> On the flip side(pun intended)I can't hope to cover every possible

>> feature request from thousands of users and that's why the comment

>> section is there. I go through all of the comments so anything I left

>> out of the main selection that is important will pop up there.

 

A worthy effort, but market research is hard. But we're patient

Market research is not fun, as an engineer I'm not really into the whole

sales and marketing world, however I have a deep respect for those who

do it and do it well. Hopefully I'll get better, I'm much happier with

the response this time around, sifting through all of the comments will

probably be tedious but I think that's were I'll find the fodder for a

future survey.

Thanks for the input Andrew.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

On 8/28/12 6:23 PM, Jorge Garcia wrote:

As the maker of the survey, I think I should chime in on this. The first

survey I did received too many other(they didn't select one of the

provided responses) responses so I tried to cover more features. The

EAGLE for smartphones and tablets is there because believe it or not I

do get support calls with people asking when EAGLE will be available for

Android.

Jorge,

The survey is a good start. But finding the right answers and the right

questions is hard. The right answer to support calls that ask when EAGLE

will be available for Android is "When Android runs on computers with

enough control and display capability to make it possible to operate a

complicated CAD program, and also has enough market share of deployed

operating systems to make it worth the development".

So...not yet.

In other words, the customer is not always right, and the smart

companies know when to say no to them.

It doesn't make any sense to me, but I put it on there. If it's truly as

useless as we all think it is then that will reflect in a low number of

votes for that feature.

The people that make support calls and ask for Android support aren't

your customers. The people on this newsgroup are. Create a survey based

upon what we've been asking for!

On the flip side(pun intended)I can't hope to cover every possible

feature request from thousands of users and that's why the comment

section is there. I go through all of the comments so anything I left

out of the main selection that is important will pop up there.

A worthy effort, but market research is hard. But we're patient

 

hth,

Jorge Garcia

On 8/28/2012 5:41 AM, Walter Spermann wrote:

Hi,

On 08/27/12 12:50, Richard Herman wrote:

>> Op Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:28:19 +0200 schreef Markus Rudolf

>> Richard

the point is actually "EAGLE for Tablet or Smartphones" and we primariliy think of tablets.

Is smartphones really an option ? Can you imagine doing PCB-design on such a small display,

only with touchscreen ?

 

Walter Spermann

 

Hi Guys,

As the maker of the survey, I think I should chime in on this. The first

survey I did received too many other(they didn't select one of the

provided responses) responses so I tried to cover more features. The

EAGLE for smartphones and tablets is there because believe it or not I

do get support calls with people asking when EAGLE will be available for

Android.

It doesn't make any sense to me, but I put it on there. If it's truly as

useless as we all think it is then that will reflect in a low number of

votes for that feature.

On the flip side(pun intended)I can't hope to cover every possible

feature request from thousands of users and that's why the comment

section is there. I go through all of the comments so anything I left

out of the main selection that is important will pop up there.

hth,

Jorge Garcia

Op Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:54:59 +0200 schreef Andreas Weidner 

<andreas.weidner@aei.mpg.de>:

Am 28.08.2012 11:41, schrieb Walter Spermann:

>> the point is actually "EAGLE for Tablet or Smartphones" and we 

>> primariliy think of tablets.

>> Is smartphones really an option ? Can you imagine doing PCB-design on 

>> such a small display,

>> only with touchscreen ?

 

I'm 100% sure that NOBODY wants to use EAGLE on a system without mouse 

or other PRECISE pointing device. Perhaps for LOOKING at files, but 

quite definitely NOT for DOING things.

 

Andreas Weidner

 

Exactly, even looking at files on a standard 10" tablet screen, doesn't 

really appeal to me.

I would move this to the bottom of the "to-do" list. But to each his own.

Richard

Op Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:54:59 +0200 schreef Andreas Weidner 

<andreas.weidner@aei.mpg.de>:

Am 28.08.2012 11:41, schrieb Walter Spermann:

>> the point is actually "EAGLE for Tablet or Smartphones" and we 

>> primariliy think of tablets.

>> Is smartphones really an option ? Can you imagine doing PCB-design on 

>> such a small display,

>> only with touchscreen ?

 

I'm 100% sure that NOBODY wants to use EAGLE on a system without mouse 

or other PRECISE pointing device. Perhaps for LOOKING at files, but 

quite definitely NOT for DOING things.

 

Andreas Weidner

 

Exactly, even looking at files on a standard 10" tablet screen, doesn't 

really appeal to me.

I would move this to the bottom of the "to-do" list. But to each his own.

Richard