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Methods of Viewing Nets

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I have been using Eagle for a few months now after previously using Pads and the biggest drawback seems to be the inability to color code the nets.  This makes intelligent component placement and the drawing of pour areas a lot more tedious than those operations need to be.  I did read the tip about using the RATSNEST command to hide/show certain nets and that helps somewhat prior to routing.   But for drawing the pour areas which I normally do after routing, I have resorted to sticking pieces of tape to the computer screen while the SHOW command highlights the net of interest to mark the boundaries of where I want to draw the pour.  Or course once I begin drawing the pour the highlighted net disappears but the little pieces of tape remain and I can draw the pour using the pieces of tape as a guide.  I would just like to know if there is a more sensible way to do this in Eagle.

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    Why not simply fix Eagle so the Show command works as needed? Clicking on

    anything after "showing" makes it go away, severely limiting its use. May

    be use a shift-click to "lock" it.

    Also, there should be an option to have a highlighter (as though you took a

    highlighter to a schematic or board layout)--when you are zoomed out (such

    as trying to view a net in a large schematic), it is hard to see the very

    thin lines even when they are colored/shown.

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  • 0 in reply to e14candies

    I agree, this is something that needs fixing in EAGLE. It's been raised several times before (including by myself) and from what I can gather it is at least on Cadsoft's radar so hopefully this will end up resolved in some future version.....

  • 0 in reply to rachaelp

    I agree too. The 'SHOW' command need some enhancement, and the big first one would be that one (persistent highlight). This is really annoying, and I may be wrong, but I think that a lot of users would be glad to have it !

     

    Guillaume.

  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    On 07/16/2016 04:27 AM, Joern Paschedag wrote:

    Am 16.07.2016 um 09:38 schrieb Guillaume barrey:

    I agree too. The 'SHOW' command need some enhancement, and the big

    first one would be that one (persistent highlight). This is really

    annoying, and I may be wrong, but I think that a lot of users would

    be glad to have it !

     

    Guillaume.

     

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    Here, here.  I'm in for this as well.  Borrowing from display...

     

        show D0 D1;    // highlights two nets

        show +D2;        // Adds D2 to the list of highlighted objects

        show +IC1;        // adds a component to the list.

        show -D1;        // un-highlights D1

        show none D7 D6 D5;    // only D5-D7 are highlighted

        show last;        // Back to what it was before - D0 D2 and IC1.

     

    Perhaps even some show aliases:

     

        show = databus none D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1;

        show = addrbus none A2 A1 A0;

        show none IRQ0 IRQ1 NMI;

        show = ctlbus @;

     

    Just take the cli for display and adapt it to show.

     

    I know... I'm minimizing the work involved.  But it's an approach worth

    considering.

     

    Enjoy,

        - Chuck

     

     

     

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  • 0 in reply to kikoun

    Am 16.07.2016 um 09:38 schrieb Guillaume barrey:

    I agree too. The 'SHOW' command need some enhancement, and the big first one would be that one (persistent highlight). This is really annoying, and I may be wrong, but I think that a lot of users would be glad to have it !

     

    Guillaume.

     

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  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    On 07/16/2016 04:27 AM, Joern Paschedag wrote:

    Am 16.07.2016 um 09:38 schrieb Guillaume barrey:

    I agree too. The 'SHOW' command need some enhancement, and the big

    first one would be that one (persistent highlight). This is really

    annoying, and I may be wrong, but I think that a lot of users would

    be glad to have it !

     

    Guillaume.

     

    --

    To view any images and attachments in this post, visit:

    https://www.element14.com/community/message/201531

     

    Count me in.

     

     

    Here, here.  I'm in for this as well.  Borrowing from display...

     

        show D0 D1;    // highlights two nets

        show +D2;        // Adds D2 to the list of highlighted objects

        show +IC1;        // adds a component to the list.

        show -D1;        // un-highlights D1

        show none D7 D6 D5;    // only D5-D7 are highlighted

        show last;        // Back to what it was before - D0 D2 and IC1.

     

    Perhaps even some show aliases:

     

        show = databus none D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1;

        show = addrbus none A2 A1 A0;

        show none IRQ0 IRQ1 NMI;

        show = ctlbus @;

     

    Just take the cli for display and adapt it to show.

     

    I know... I'm minimizing the work involved.  But it's an approach worth

    considering.

     

    Enjoy,

        - Chuck

     

     

     

    Attachments:
    73480.att1.html.zip