User Guide

4.2 TheSchematicEditorWindow
The Schematic Editor window opens when you load an existing sche
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matic or create a new one. There are several ways of opening files in
EAGLE.
You can, for instance, load a schematic diagram by means of the
File/Open/Schematic menu in the Control Panel. Alternatively you can
double-clickonaschematicdiagramfileinthetreeview.
If you want to create a new schematic diagram, select the menu
File/New/Schematic.Thiswillopenaschematicwiththename
untitled.sch inthecurrentprojectdirectory.
If you want to create a schematic diagram straight away in a new project,
you may for example click with the right mouse button on a project in
the tree view, and select the new project option from the context menu.
The new project receives a name. Then click on this entry with the right
mousebutton.Nowselect New/Schematic fromthecontextmenu.
Anewschematicopensinthisprojectdirectory.
TheSchematicEditor
On top you will see the title bar, which contains the file name, and then
the menubar,andthe actiontoolbar.
Below the action toolbar there is the parameter toolbar, which contains
differenticons,dependingontheactivecommand.
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