Bounds

On 19/03/2017 3:32 p.m., Glenn Jones wrote:

Hi, Eagle keeps insisting that when I goto move a component it is out of

bounds. No matter when I place it I get that ******* beep. How do I get

Eagle to show me where the current bounds are?

 

Hi

You can have Eagle show you your design boundaries but you need to set

that up for yourself.

The boundaries depend on the version and edition of eagle you have.

Prior to version 8 they were fixed width and height but now with v8 you

are restricted to an area and you set the desired height and width in

the settings, staying under the area restriction.

I'll attach a library to give you an idea for an approach.

This library only has one package, as an example. It is for 100mm wide x

80mm high. Just ADD that package to the board at the origin of the board

editor and that's the valid area for the free versions prior to v8. It's

drawn on the un-routed layer as there is only a low chance that that

layer would be included in any gerber or documentation files.

As a practice you could make the next most common size 160mm x 100mm

I expect for v8 you will need to set the desired size prior to

commencing the board and build a package guide for that size.

You can also turn off the beep in the settings.

Options > Set >  Misc > Beep

HTH

Warren

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On 3/18/2017 11:42 PM, warrenbrayshaw wrote:

On 19/03/2017 3:32 p.m., Glenn Jones wrote:

Hi, Eagle keeps insisting that when I goto move a component it is out of

bounds. No matter when I place it I get that ******* beep. How do I get

Eagle to show me where the current bounds are?

 

Hi

 

You can have Eagle show you your design boundaries but you need to set

that up for yourself.

 

The boundaries depend on the version and edition of eagle you have.

Prior to version 8 they were fixed width and height but now with v8 you

are restricted to an area and you set the desired height and width in

the settings, staying under the area restriction.

 

I'll attach a library to give you an idea for an approach.

This library only has one package, as an example. It is for 100mm wide x

80mm high. Just ADD that package to the board at the origin of the board

editor and that's the valid area for the free versions prior to v8. It's

drawn on the un-routed layer as there is only a low chance that that

layer would be included in any gerber or documentation files.

 

As a practice you could make the next most common size 160mm x 100mm

 

I expect for v8 you will need to set the desired size prior to

commencing the board and build a package guide for that size.

 

You can also turn off the beep in the settings.

Options > Set >  Misc > Beep

 

HTH

Warren

Thank You I will give that a try going forward.

Part of my issue turned out to be that I was still using freeware

license even though I thought I activated my V8 std license.

Glenn

On 3/18/2017 11:42 PM, warrenbrayshaw wrote:

On 19/03/2017 3:32 p.m., Glenn Jones wrote:

Hi, Eagle keeps insisting that when I goto move a component it is out of

bounds. No matter when I place it I get that ******* beep. How do I get

Eagle to show me where the current bounds are?

 

Hi

 

You can have Eagle show you your design boundaries but you need to set

that up for yourself.

 

The boundaries depend on the version and edition of eagle you have.

Prior to version 8 they were fixed width and height but now with v8 you

are restricted to an area and you set the desired height and width in

the settings, staying under the area restriction.

 

I'll attach a library to give you an idea for an approach.

This library only has one package, as an example. It is for 100mm wide x

80mm high. Just ADD that package to the board at the origin of the board

editor and that's the valid area for the free versions prior to v8. It's

drawn on the un-routed layer as there is only a low chance that that

layer would be included in any gerber or documentation files.

 

As a practice you could make the next most common size 160mm x 100mm

 

I expect for v8 you will need to set the desired size prior to

commencing the board and build a package guide for that size.

 

You can also turn off the beep in the settings.

Options > Set >  Misc > Beep

 

HTH

Warren

Thank You I will give that a try going forward.

Part of my issue turned out to be that I was still using freeware

license even though I thought I activated my V8 std license.

Glenn