Lite Version blockage

On Tue, 19 May 2009, Thom Maughan wrote to us saying :

 

I'm blocked trying to layout the Board.   The footprints are on the board in

the lower right corner.    When I try to move the footprints I get the error

message:

 

"The Light edition of EAGLE can't perform the requested action!  See Help

for further details.

When you add a component to the schematic, Eagle places its package on

the board at negative coordinates. This is explicitly BECAUSE that's not

part of the board - when you add new parts to a circuit you've already

started to lay out, you really don't want them dumped on top of the

existing circuitry.

When you create the board from the schematic, Eagle draws two things on

it :

   -  An outline in the Dimension layer, which shows the allowed board

area

   -  The components from the schematic

So, if you proceed the normal way, as you have, of drawing your whole

first draft schematic then hitting the "board" button, what you get is a

load of parts and a white box. The parts are all outside the box. You

are allowed to move the parts BUT you MUST place them INSIDE the box.

(You can also adjust the outline by moving corners or sides, or adding

corners, or deleting the whole thing and drawing it again. Somebody else

recommended this as a first step - I disagree. Until you're confident I

would recommend leaving the outline as it is until you've placed all

your parts to your satisfaction. If you explicitly KNOW what size your

board must be then by all means draw the outline first, but if you're

just playing then the default outline is useful to show where you are

allowed to put things.)

--

Rob Pearce                       http://www.bdt-home.demon.co.uk

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On Tue, 19 May 2009, Thom Maughan wrote to us saying :

 

I'm blocked trying to layout the Board.   The footprints are on the board in

the lower right corner.    When I try to move the footprints I get the error

message:

 

"The Light edition of EAGLE can't perform the requested action!  See Help

for further details.

When you add a component to the schematic, Eagle places its package on

the board at negative coordinates. This is explicitly BECAUSE that's not

part of the board - when you add new parts to a circuit you've already

started to lay out, you really don't want them dumped on top of the

existing circuitry.

When you create the board from the schematic, Eagle draws two things on

it :

   -  An outline in the Dimension layer, which shows the allowed board

area

   -  The components from the schematic

So, if you proceed the normal way, as you have, of drawing your whole

first draft schematic then hitting the "board" button, what you get is a

load of parts and a white box. The parts are all outside the box. You

are allowed to move the parts BUT you MUST place them INSIDE the box.

(You can also adjust the outline by moving corners or sides, or adding

corners, or deleting the whole thing and drawing it again. Somebody else

recommended this as a first step - I disagree. Until you're confident I

would recommend leaving the outline as it is until you've placed all

your parts to your satisfaction. If you explicitly KNOW what size your

board must be then by all means draw the outline first, but if you're

just playing then the default outline is useful to show where you are

allowed to put things.)

--

Rob Pearce                       http://www.bdt-home.demon.co.uk

The contents of this | Windows NT crashed.

message are purely   | I am the Blue Screen of Death.

my opinion. Don't    | No one hears your screams.

believe a word.      |