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Have a question about CadSoft EAGLE?  Ask our Expert, Richard! (Archive)

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nlarson over 16 years ago

This thread is now locked - but you can still ask Richard by posting your questions here.  If you'd rather browse other member's questions you can read the CadSoft EAGLE Forums for past questions and answers. Enjoy!

 

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    e14 Contributor over 15 years ago

    Hi,

       I've been prototyping in expressPCB software and would like to try to move the design into EAGLE.  Is there a way to do this?  I'm not finding it if there is.

    Thanks,

    Chris King

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  • Jorge_Garcia
    Jorge_Garcia over 15 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Hi Chris,

     

    Tim is correct, ExpressPCB uses a closed proprietary format which EAGLE nor any other ECAD program can import. The only real option if you want to have the design in EAGLE is to recreate them from scratch.

     

    hth,

     

    Jorge Garcia

    Cadsoft Support

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    e14 Contributor over 15 years ago in reply to Jorge_Garcia

    Jorge,

       Thanks for the confirmation.  I was kinda afraid of that... just means more hours repeating tasks... Just goes to show nothing in life is free.

    Thanks,

    Chris

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    e14 Contributor over 15 years ago in reply to Jorge_Garcia

    Jorge,

       Thanks for the confirmation.  I was kinda afraid of that... just means more hours repeating tasks... Just goes to show nothing in life is free.

    Thanks,

    Chris

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  • maurosmartins
    maurosmartins over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Hello to all,

     

    I've been using EAGLE for some years now, and there is some things I don't understand/dislike but don't know if I'm not doing it right.

     

    When using polygones to do a ground plane and after routing a new connection I have to click the ratsnest to update the polygon. Is there any other way? this is a tedious process :S

     

    Another thing I think EAGLE should do is to highlight the layer that I am currently routing, for example, if I have a two layer board and I'm routing on the bottom layer. When the design is complex its dificul to see where is the free space.

     

    If you have any helps for these situations I would aprecitate that.

     

    Best regards, Mauro Martins.

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