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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]] | ||
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- | [[http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-custom-library-part-in-Eagle-CAD-too/]] | ||
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- | [[http://www.gearslutz.com/board/geekslutz-forum/147041-eagle-cad-libraries.html]] | ||