User Guide

MixedInput
Thevariousmethodsofgivingcommandscanbemixedtogether.
You can, for instance, click the icon for the CIRCLE command (which
corresponds to typing CIRCLE on the command line), and then type
the coordinates of the center of the circle and of a point on the circum
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ferenceinthisform
(22)(23) ←
onthecommandline.
The values used above would, if the unit is currently set to inch, result in
a circle with a radius of one inch centered on the coordinate (2 2). It is
irrelevant whether the CIRCLE command is entered by icon or by typ
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ingonthecommandline.
5.2 TheEAGLE CommandLanguage
You only need a knowledge of the EAGLE command language if you
want to make use of the alternative input methods discussed in the pre
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vioussection.
The syntax of the EAGLE command language will be discussed in this
section, and typographical conventions, which are important for under
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standingthedescriptions,willbespecified.
TypographicalConventions
EnterkeyandSemicolon
If EAGLE commands are entered via the command line they are fin
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ished with the Enter key. In some cases a command must have a semico
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lon at the end, so that EAGLE knows that there are no more
parameters. It is a good idea to close all commands in a script file with a
semicolon.
The use of the Enter key is symbolized at many places within this hand
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bookwiththe
←
sign.
However in the following examples neither the Enter key sign nor the
semicolon are shown, since all of these commands can be used both on
thecommandlineandwithinscriptfiles.
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