Is there anyway to exclude parts from the PCB

it cannot become this still with the eagle
do not wait for marvels from eagle

read here
http://www.element14.com/community/message/118034/l/re-beta-version-6911-available#118034

I know this is an Eagle forum, but is there any program (Linux) that CAN do this? Thanks for the reply.

I will bet that there is a file like XML which can be problematically changed if the layout is well known. But why would you want to do this? A simpler way would be labelling them optional. Or create separate views one with and one without. Just think "outside the box".

Clem

I will bet that there is a file like XML which can be problematically changed if the layout is well known. But why would you want to do this? A simpler way would be labelling them optional. Or create separate views one with and one without. Just think "outside the box".

Clem

"Outside the box"... if you were to see the circuit I am trying to build, you'd probably tell me to get back into the box! lol... I don't understand "label them optional" but I do have two schematics - one with and one without the components - but the problem with that is that if I make a modification to the circuit, I have to remember to update TWO schematics instead of just one. And my memory is NOT that great!

Why would I want to? My current circuit has an off-board IR receiver-transmitter pair. Obviously, they are important to the circuit, so that have to be shown on the schematic, but since they are off-board, they do not need to be placed on the PCB view. It's like if you are designing an (admittedly old-school) amplifier. The volume control is panel mounted, so you don't need or want to have a footprint or pads for that on the PCB board, but it still needs to be in the schematic. Does that make sense?

Derek Tombrello wrote on Thu, 26 March 2015 22:14

I don't understand "label them optional" but I do have two schematics -

one with and one without the components - but the problem with that is

that if I make a modification to the circuit, I have to remember to

update TWO schematics instead of just one. And my memory is NOT that

great!

That is a case where I think the work flow of gEDA or Kicad is superior to

EAGLE.  With either of those, it is a one-way trip, whereas EAGLE is

two-way.  What I mean by that is that with gEDA and Kicad, you make a

schematic with symbols, then you process that schematic to add the packages

for the board, and then you do the layout.  If you want a different board

(e.g. surface mount instead of through hole), you process the schematic

again and make a separate layout.  If you make any changes to the

schematic, you have to remember to go through the process again to

propagate changes to the board, but at least you have only one schematic to

maintain.

EAGLE is a two-way process; they call it forward-backward annotation.  That

ties the board back to the schematic, so that you can make certain changes

in the board and the schematic gets updated.  I think this is a much better

way of working on designs that have one schematic and one board, but it's

not ideal for single schematics with multiple board layouts...

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I see many designs in different groups making them easier to analyse. But I see the problem with two managing updates. Yikes.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but if you have a panel mounted volume

control, you still need pads on the PCB to solder the wires that are

soldered to the volume control.

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