How do you keep the Schematic Capture Grid Display Settings?

On 2/3/2016 3:51 PM, COMPACT wrote:

Hi Jorge,

 

With 7.5 how does one keep the schematic grid option set to how it was

when the current schematic file was last opened?

Hi Compact,

The easiest way would be to set this up as a default in the eagle.scr

file. Open the eagle.scr file (It's accesible from the Control Panel >

Scripts tree). Find the SCH: heading.

Beneath the SCH heading add the following line:

GRID ON;

Save the eagle.scr file. Now every time you open a schematic the grid

will be visible. The eagle.scr file is very useful for setting up

defaults since it runs every time a new editor is opened.

hth,

Jorge Garcia

Thanks Jorge, but what about schematic files that I want the display grid to remain off when opened?

On 5/02/2016 8:59 a.m., COMPACT wrote:

Thanks Jorge, but what about schematic files that I want the display

grid to remain off when opened?

 

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Changes need to be made in the same area of eagle.scr.

Each board records the grid setting. When that board is opened the grid

will be as you left it. But straight away after the schematic is opened,

the file eagle.scr runs so you are left seeing what it sets.

By default, eagle.scr will set the grid to default with the command

grid default

Look for the following in eagle.scr

SCH:

Grid Default;

Now default is Grid off and 0.1inch. You can confirm this in the

schematic editor by opening the grid dialogue and clicking 'default'

So what you need to do is get rid of the "Grid Default;" line.

Because it is somewhat compulsory to use a 0.1" grid I would make it all

default except without the grid on or off part so the line would become

GRID inch 0.1 1 lines alt inch 0.01;

See the HELP about the GRID command for other options you may prefer to

be forced by eagle.scr

HTH

Warren

On 05/02/16 05:21, warrenbrayshaw wrote:

So what you need to do is get rid of the "Grid Default;" line.

 

Because it is somewhat compulsory to use a 0.1" grid I would make it all

default except without the grid on or off part so the line would become

 

GRID inch 0.1 1 lines alt inch 0.01;

It should be possible to set that with:

GRID default;

GRID lines on;

which may feel more intuitive for achieving what's needed.

On 5/02/2016 9:39 p.m., Rob Pearce wrote:

On 05/02/16 05:21, warrenbrayshaw wrote:

So what you need to do is get rid of the "Grid Default;" line.

 

Because it is somewhat compulsory to use a 0.1" grid I would make it all

default except without the grid on or off part so the line would become

 

GRID inch 0.1 1 lines alt inch 0.01;

 

It should be possible to set that with:

GRID default;

GRID lines on;

 

which may feel more intuitive for achieving what's needed.

 

No, not at all.

Compact wants the schematic saved value to control the visibility of the

grid so the eagle.scr cannot contain anything that controls grid visibility.

Both your commands force visibility. First off and then on

Warren