Is there anyway to exclude parts from the PCB

On 3/26/2015 4:38 AM, Derek Tombrello wrote:

In Eagle Cad, is there anyway to exclude components on the schematic

from the board view? I have several parts that will be wired to screw

terminals. They still need to be shown in the schematic, but I do not

need or want them on the board. I can't leave them outside the board

area, so what's a guy to do? Thanks...

 

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Hi Derek,

I hope you're doing well. This is possible. In the library for those

components create an attribute with the name EXTERNAL. This tells

EAGLE that this part is off board and therefore doesn't require a

package on the board layout.

In order for this to work the device can not have a package. So you may

need to create a variant of those parts without packages.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

On 3/26/2015 4:38 AM, Derek Tombrello wrote:

In Eagle Cad, is there anyway to exclude components on the schematic

from the board view? I have several parts that will be wired to screw

terminals. They still need to be shown in the schematic, but I do not

need or want them on the board. I can't leave them outside the board

area, so what's a guy to do? Thanks...

 

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Hi Derek,

I hope you're doing well. This is possible. In the library for those

components create an attribute with the name EXTERNAL. This tells

EAGLE that this part is off board and therefore doesn't require a

package on the board layout.

In order for this to work the device can not have a package. So you may

need to create a variant of those parts without packages.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Hello Jorge. I wonder if you could point me to some documentation that helps me to remove the package as explained. I have made a copy of the component in my own library but return an error when I try to remove its package. ????

I am a complete novice but Im into it.....

Mark Winters wrote:

Hello Jorge. I wonder if you could point me to some documentation that

helps me to remove the package as explained. I have made a copy of the

component in my own library but return an error when I try to remove

its package. ????

 

 

I am a complete novice but Im into it.....

posting a totally unrelated question into a old tread from april 2015

won't do you any good.

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On 7/22/2016 4:47 AM, Mark Winters wrote:

Hello Jorge. I wonder if you could point me to some documentation that helps me to remove the package as explained. I have made a copy of the component in my own library but return an error when I try to remove its package. ????

 

 

I am a complete novice but Im into it.....

 

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Hi Mark,

I hope you're doing well. As Lorenz has pointed out, it's best to start

a new thread when you have a new question. However, I know Element14

doesn't make that easy for new users. In the future it might be easier

for you to use the forum mirror here:

http://eaglecentral.ca/

Now on to your problem. EAGLE will not let you delete a package if it is

associated with a device. So the first thing you have to do it open the

device that uses that package. Remove the package from the device by

first clicking on the connect button at the bottom right of the device

editor. Undo all of the connections. Then you'll be able to delete the

package from the device and ultimately from the library if you so wish.

hth,

Jorge Garcia