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cadsoft_eagle [2011/11/30 02:34] – old revision restored (spam kill) smashtvcadsoft_eagle [2016/06/05 13:04] psykhaze
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 ====== CADSoft Eagle PCB Layout Editor ====== ====== CADSoft Eagle PCB Layout Editor ======
  
-[[http://www.cadsoft.de/|CADSoft]] Eagle is a Windows application for doing schematics and PCB layouts. It is widely used in the DIY community due to a freely available version which allows you to design small boards with certain limitations. 
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-===== Installation ===== 
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-===== Usage ===== 
  
 There are some great usage tips on the [[http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9920.0|Eagle]] forum thread, as well as elsewhere on the forum. If you find some useful information please copy it into this document. There are some great usage tips on the [[http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9920.0|Eagle]] forum thread, as well as elsewhere on the forum. If you find some useful information please copy it into this document.
  
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-==== Print an image suitable for toner-transfer resist ==== 
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-Open the .brd file in Eagle 
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-Under the "view" menu choose "Display/Hide Layers..." 
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-Click the layer numbers on the left. Find the layers you want to print.  Click "OK". 
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-Click in the command line (above the image area" and enter the command RATSNEST to show the ground plane. 
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-Under the file menu, choose "Export", then choose "Picture". 
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-Select an appropriate DPI (300+), click "monochrome", click "browse" to name your image file. 
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-Eagle will generate a .png file suitable for printing from an image editor. 
  
 Maybe there's an easier way? Maybe there's an easier way?
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 ===== External Links ===== ===== External Links =====
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-[[http://www.cadsoft.de]] 
  
 [[http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-custom-library-part-in-Eagle-CAD-too/]] [[http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-custom-library-part-in-Eagle-CAD-too/]]
cadsoft_eagle.txt · Last modified: 2016/06/05 13:11 by psykhaze