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Is there anyway to exclude parts from the PCB

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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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    Jorge Garcia wrote:

    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...

     

    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.

     

    To do this I open the respective library and then in the control

    center right-click on the device-set I want to create the package-less

    variant off and copy to library.

    Eagle asks for a different name (because the device-set already

    existst); I append -NP (no package) to the original name.

     

    Now I open the new device-set, remove all packages and add the

    EXTERNAL property.

     

    Save the library and update the schematic.

    --

     

    Lorenz

     

  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    OK... I'm sorry, call me stupid, but I am not following this. I appreciate the replies, but the two most useful (I think) on editing properties seem to assume that I already know how to do what I am asking. I figured out how to open a Library (the LED library for starters). That brought me up to a blank slate. From there, I figured out how to load the SFH482 component - which gave me the drawing of it. That's were I veered off the road. I cannot figure out how to add an attribute for External.

     

     

    --edit--

    I did add the EXTERNAL attribute to the component from the schematic view, but since there is still a package....

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    Derek Tombrello wrote:

     

    OK... I'm sorry, call me stupid, but I am not following this. I

    appreciate the replies, but the two most useful (I think) on editing

    properties seem to assume that I already know how to do what I am

    asking. I figured out how to open a Library (the LED library for

    starters). That brought me up to a blank slate. From there, I figured

    out how to load the SFH482 component - which gave me the drawing of it.

    That's were I veered off the road. I cannot figure out how to add an

    attribute for External.

     

    I've created a sample library showing the desired result using the

    SFH482 as an example.

    The library contains a copy of the original part from the eagle

    library and a 'no package' derivative thereoff.

     

    Let's see, if that gets you going (perhapse with the help of the eagle

    manual and some tutorials on part creation 8-)

     

    If not, I'll try to find the time to write up the required steps.

    --

     

    Lorenz

     

  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    I think this might get me on the right track, but.. .um... how do I access the sample library you made? image

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