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Board XY origin and license limits

richardhh

I'm not sure if this is an obvious question or a bug...

 

I'm using a Premium license with v7.7 - if I try to place any component (even the first one) where a pad has a negative X or Y coordinate, I get a license error that the layout is out of range.  But, of course, I haven't exceed the allowable dimensions.

 

Surely Eagle could be smart enough to check the X and Y ranges to see if I'm within my license boundary?  Or is it really requiring that the board origin must be placed at the lower-left-most corner of a board design?

 

There are practical reasons I might want the board origin to be elsewhere (like to sync the mechanical PCB design with an enclosure manufacturer's XY origin), but perhaps this is not industry practice?

 

Thanks!

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    On 16/10/2016 11:32 a.m., Richard Hornbaker wrote:

    I'm not sure if this is an obvious question or a bug...

     

    I'm using a Premium license with v7.7 - if I try to place any component (even the first one) where a pad has a negative X or Y coordinate, I get a license error that the layout is out of range.  But, of course, I haven't exceed the allowable dimensions.

     

    Surely Eagle could be smart enough to check the X and Y ranges to see if I'm within my license boundary?  Or is it really requiring that the board origin must be placed at the lower-left-most corner of a board design?

     

    There are practical reasons I might want the board origin to be elsewhere (like to sync the mechanical PCB design with an enclosure manufacturer's XY origin), but perhaps this is not industry practice?

     

    Thanks!

     

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    Hi

    Answered many times on the Cadsoft forum.

    The minor licences all start at x=0 y=0 and extend to +x and +y

    Additionally the area, for Premium, is 160mm wide and 100 high. So you

    cannot design to 160 high and 100 wide.

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

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    >> Answered many times on the Cadsoft forum.

     

    One would think so, but searches here beforehand got no hits; thus, my question if it might be a bug.  So much for the search feature.

     

    Aside from Eagle taking the "easy path" instead of doing the math required, is there a practical reason that industry has an issue with the origin being elsewhere on a board?  Surely board shops don't choke on negative coordinates.