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

Hi Robert,

maybe you are drawing the nets with the WIRE command? You should use NET......

Regards,

Richard

Hi Iain,

is it possible to define a custom size with your printer driver?

Could you please tell me the version of the printer driver you are using? So I could try to check this with my system.

Regards,

Richard

Hi Richard,

Why don't my junctions auto place in sch. I selected the "auto place juction" option. Several computers using 5.10, 5.11. Windows xp and 7.

Thanks,

Robert

We have an HP plotter 1055CM. When we go to print the largest papaer size shown is A1 (24" wide) . The plotter can do much wider.

Is this a limitation of the print driver in Eagle, or is it a printer setting that is not sharing correctly.

Using windows 7

Hi Scott,

it's hard to say what the problem is. Could you please send me your files so that I can take a look into it? I'ld need schematic, board and the library file. Please send it to :  ric @ cadsoft.de

Thanks,
Richard

Hi Richard, an Eagle library question/problem.  I have added two packages to the 'rcl' library called SMD0805_207/10 and SMD1206_207/10.  These show up in the device editor and I have assigned their connections to the symbol R-US_, however when I do a 'update library' on rcl these packages do not seem to appear in the device list.  When I try to add any part from rcl into a schematic, I get a window pop-up stating "Package variant SMD0805_207/10 is not present in the new version of device set R-US_."  If I open the library, the device shows those packages.  I am using Eagle 5.11.0.  What can I do to resolve this?

Hello Sander,

     This script set standard (for somebody else!) EAGLE colors:

so you have to open it with any plain text editor (EAGLE or "notepad", for example) and:

1. change color/filling numbers for layers which YOU use

        (operators  SET COLOR_LAYER <layer #> <layer color #>

        and    SET FILL_LAYER <layer #> <layer fill pattern #>),

2. list all layers (operator "Set Used_Layers 1 2 3 4 ........>)  which you work with,

        include both schematic and PCB layers and additional layers which you added/created

        (available additional ##  are from 100 to 254),

3. turn on layers you want to see immediately after you run the script

        (operator "DISPLAY NONE 1 16 17 21;" in the script make all layers invisible first,

        and layers TOP, BOTTOM, PADS and tPLACE visible again), and

4. save this script under new name.

   New script became YOUR own standard.

It is a boring job, but you have to do it one time forever.

    Best regards,

             Lev.

Thanks Lev,

Does this script take the current settings for color layers and save them, or do I need to manually enter all values?

Best regards,

Sander Sassen.

You can write and run script, as "my_layers.scr" below

(I copied it from the "SCR" directory of the "EAGLE-4.16.r2"):

--------------------------------------------------

# Changes the layer colors
#
# This script defines the colors and the fill styles of all layers.
# The 'Set Used_Layers' command determins which layers can be
# selected from the DISPLAY menu.

SET COLOR_LAYER 1 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 2 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 3 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 4 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 5 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 6 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 7 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 8 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 9 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 10 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 11 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 12 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 13 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 14 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 15 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 16 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 17 2;
SET COLOR_LAYER 18 2;
SET COLOR_LAYER 19 6;
SET COLOR_LAYER 20 15;
SET COLOR_LAYER 21 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 22 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 23 15;
SET COLOR_LAYER 24 15;
SET COLOR_LAYER 25 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 26 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 27 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 28 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 29 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 30 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 31 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 32 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 33 6;
SET COLOR_LAYER 34 6;
SET COLOR_LAYER 35 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 36 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 37 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 38 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 39 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 40 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 41 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 42 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 43 2;
SET COLOR_LAYER 44 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 45 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 46 3;
SET COLOR_LAYER 47 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 48 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 49 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 50 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 51 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 52 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 53 7;

SET COLOR_LAYER 91 2;
SET COLOR_LAYER 92 1;
SET COLOR_LAYER 93 2;
SET COLOR_LAYER 94 4;
SET COLOR_LAYER 95 7;
SET COLOR_LAYER 96 7;

#SET FILL_LAYER layer fill;
SET FILL_LAYER 1 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 2 3;
SET FILL_LAYER 3 3;
SET FILL_LAYER 4 4;
SET FILL_LAYER 5 4;
SET FILL_LAYER 6 8;
SET FILL_LAYER 7 8;
SET FILL_LAYER 8 2;
SET FILL_LAYER 9 2;
SET FILL_LAYER 10 7;
SET FILL_LAYER 11 7;
SET FILL_LAYER 12 5;
SET FILL_LAYER 13 5;
SET FILL_LAYER 14 6;
SET FILL_LAYER 15 6;
SET FILL_LAYER 16 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 17 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 18 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 19 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 20 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 21 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 22 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 23 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 24 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 25 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 26 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 27 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 28 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 29 3;
SET FILL_LAYER 30 6;
SET FILL_LAYER 31 4;
SET FILL_LAYER 32 5;
SET FILL_LAYER 33 3;
SET FILL_LAYER 34 6;
SET FILL_LAYER 35 4;
SET FILL_LAYER 36 5;
SET FILL_LAYER 37 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 38 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 39 11;
SET FILL_LAYER 40 11;
SET FILL_LAYER 41 10;
SET FILL_LAYER 42 10;
SET FILL_LAYER 43 10;
SET FILL_LAYER 44 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 45 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 46 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 47 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 48 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 49 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 50 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 51 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 52 1;

SET FILL_LAYER 91 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 92 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 93 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 94 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 95 1;
SET FILL_LAYER 96 1;
Set Used_Layers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15  16 \
                17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 \
                31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 \
                47 48 49 50 51 52   91 92 93 94 95 96;
DISPLAY NONE 1 16 17 21;

------------------------------------------------------------------

     To run, type "script my_layer" in the board windows

or  type "script" and click its name in appeared window.

             Lev.

Dear Richard,

I typically set up other than default colors for layers etc. so I have better contrast, so basically I'm using a custom color palette. However I have to set it up manually with every PCB I design, that's a bit cumbersome. Is there a way to apply these changes globally? I'd like for each PCB file I open to have the same custom color palette.

Looking forward to your reply,

Best regards,

Sander Sassen.