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Auto placement of components

autodeskguest
autodeskguest over 18 years ago

Is there any method in Eagle of automatically placing components on a board

based on a schematic file?

 

Thanks,

 

Steve

 

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  • esilviu
    esilviu over 18 years ago

    top-right (both coordinates are positive)

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:1uir84lqm7fm553guit47n228h83c1rgq3@4ax.com...

    Where is the first quadrant?  Top left, etc.?

     

    Thank you for your help.

     

    Steve

     

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:53:13 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

    When you draw the schematics, place all the components on first quadrant.

    This way all the components will be placed inside the board outline. All

    you

    need then is to rotate some of the components, to be as in schematic...

     

    also, if you open ulp with a text editor, you can play with the scale

    betwin

    sch and brd placement

    "real scale = 0.75;"

     

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:qlmp84t14d8f5mhf1gd21tp4jl0asqpbb9@4ax.com...

    I got it to work with Eagle 5.1.2, but it just scatters components inside

    and

    outside the board outline.  Is there anything better?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:27:54 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

     

    update to Eagle 5.1.2 (latest beta)

    (error that you get is a bug in an earlier version)

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:i1qo84lrfpl6sl991ep9p133ohnpsd4fr2@4ax.com...

    When I try to run autoplace v3 in the sch window (like the direction say),

    a

    brd

    window pops up and I keep getting an error box that says "Move: can't

    execute

    while command is running in the other window!"

     

    How do I get this ulp to run?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:18:15 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

    ofcorse

    search for "autoplace v3" on ulp download area!

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:0olo84lg2t8l504d5sba3lbgc92dulne6e@4ax.com...

    Is there any method in Eagle of automatically placing components on a

    board

    based on a schematic file?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

     

     

     

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  • autodeskguest
    autodeskguest over 18 years ago

    Where is the first quadrant?  Top left, etc.?

     

    Thank you for your help.

     

    Steve

     

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:53:13 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

    When you draw the schematics, place all the components on first quadrant.

    This way all the components will be placed inside the board outline. All you

    need then is to rotate some of the components, to be as in schematic...

     

    also, if you open ulp with a text editor, you can play with the scale betwin

    sch and brd placement

    "real scale = 0.75;"

     

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:qlmp84t14d8f5mhf1gd21tp4jl0asqpbb9@4ax.com...

    I got it to work with Eagle 5.1.2, but it just scatters components inside

    and

    outside the board outline.  Is there anything better?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:27:54 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

     

    update to Eagle 5.1.2 (latest beta)

    (error that you get is a bug in an earlier version)

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:i1qo84lrfpl6sl991ep9p133ohnpsd4fr2@4ax.com...

    When I try to run autoplace v3 in the sch window (like the direction say),

    a

    brd

    window pops up and I keep getting an error box that says "Move: can't

    execute

    while command is running in the other window!"

     

    How do I get this ulp to run?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:18:15 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

    ofcorse

    search for "autoplace v3" on ulp download area!

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:0olo84lg2t8l504d5sba3lbgc92dulne6e@4ax.com...

    Is there any method in Eagle of automatically placing components on a

    board

    based on a schematic file?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

     

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  • esilviu
    esilviu over 18 years ago

    When you draw the schematics, place all the components on first quadrant.

    This way all the components will be placed inside the board outline. All you

    need then is to rotate some of the components, to be as in schematic...

     

    also, if you open ulp with a text editor, you can play with the scale betwin

    sch and brd placement

    "real scale = 0.75;"

     

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:qlmp84t14d8f5mhf1gd21tp4jl0asqpbb9@4ax.com...

    I got it to work with Eagle 5.1.2, but it just scatters components inside

    and

    outside the board outline.  Is there anything better?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:27:54 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

     

    update to Eagle 5.1.2 (latest beta)

    (error that you get is a bug in an earlier version)

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:i1qo84lrfpl6sl991ep9p133ohnpsd4fr2@4ax.com...

    When I try to run autoplace v3 in the sch window (like the direction say),

    a

    brd

    window pops up and I keep getting an error box that says "Move: can't

    execute

    while command is running in the other window!"

     

    How do I get this ulp to run?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:18:15 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

    ofcorse

    search for "autoplace v3" on ulp download area!

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:0olo84lg2t8l504d5sba3lbgc92dulne6e@4ax.com...

    Is there any method in Eagle of automatically placing components on a

    board

    based on a schematic file?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

     

     

     

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  • autodeskguest
    autodeskguest over 18 years ago

    I got it to work with Eagle 5.1.2, but it just scatters components inside and

    outside the board outline.  Is there anything better?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:27:54 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

     

    update to Eagle 5.1.2 (latest beta)

    (error that you get is a bug in an earlier version)

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:i1qo84lrfpl6sl991ep9p133ohnpsd4fr2@4ax.com...

    When I try to run autoplace v3 in the sch window (like the direction say), a

    brd

    window pops up and I keep getting an error box that says "Move: can't

    execute

    while command is running in the other window!"

     

    How do I get this ulp to run?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:18:15 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

    ofcorse

    search for "autoplace v3" on ulp download area!

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:0olo84lg2t8l504d5sba3lbgc92dulne6e@4ax.com...

    Is there any method in Eagle of automatically placing components on a board

    based on a schematic file?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

     

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  • esilviu
    esilviu over 18 years ago

     

    update to Eagle 5.1.2 (latest beta)

    (error that you get is a bug in an earlier version)

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:i1qo84lrfpl6sl991ep9p133ohnpsd4fr2@4ax.com...

    When I try to run autoplace v3 in the sch window (like the direction say), a

    brd

    window pops up and I keep getting an error box that says "Move: can't

    execute

    while command is running in the other window!"

     

    How do I get this ulp to run?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:18:15 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

    ofcorse

    search for "autoplace v3" on ulp download area!

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:0olo84lg2t8l504d5sba3lbgc92dulne6e@4ax.com...

    Is there any method in Eagle of automatically placing components on a board

    based on a schematic file?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

     

     

     

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  • autodeskguest
    autodeskguest over 18 years ago

    When I try to run autoplace v3 in the sch window (like the direction say), a brd

    window pops up and I keep getting an error box that says "Move: can't execute

    while command is running in the other window!"

     

    How do I get this ulp to run?

     

    Steve

     

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:18:15 +0300, "eSilviu" <Silviu.Epure@ugal.ro> put

    together some random words that came up with:

     

    ofcorse

    search for "autoplace v3" on ulp download area!

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:0olo84lg2t8l504d5sba3lbgc92dulne6e@4ax.com...

    Is there any method in Eagle of automatically placing components on a board

    based on a schematic file?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

     

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  • esilviu
    esilviu over 18 years ago

    ofcorse

    search for "autoplace v3" on ulp download area!

     

    "Steve" <nospam@nowhere.org> wrote in message

    news:0olo84lg2t8l504d5sba3lbgc92dulne6e@4ax.com...

    Is there any method in Eagle of automatically placing components on a board

    based on a schematic file?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

     

     

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