User Guide

Entering CoordinatesasText
The program sees every mouse click as a pair of coordinates. If it is de
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sired to enter commands in text form on the command line, then in
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stead of clicking with the mouse it is possible to enter the coordinates
throughthekeyboardinthefollowingform:
(xy)
where x and y are numbers representing units as selected by the GRID
command. The textual input method is necessary in particular for script
files.
The coordinates of the current cursor position can be fetched with (@).
Forexample:
WINDOW(@);
Examplesofcoordinateentryintextform:
You want to enter the outline of a circuit board with precise dimensions.
GRIDMM1;
LAYERDIMENSION;
WIRE0(00)(1600)(160100)(0100)(00);
GRIDLAST;
The first step is to switch to a 1 mm grid. The dimension layer is then
activated. The WIRE command then first sets the line width to 0 and
draws a rectangle with the aid of the four given coordinates. The last
command returns the grid to whatever had previously been selected,
sincecircuitboardsareusuallydesignedusinginches.
If the commands are being read from a script file, each one must be
closed with a semicolon. In the above cases the semicolons can be omit
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ted if the commands are being entered via the keyboard and each is be
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ingclosedwiththeEnterkey.
A component in the Layout Editor is to be transposed to a specified
position.
GRIDMM1;
MOVEIC1(12025);
Alternatively:
MOVE(0.1272.54)(12025);
IC1islocatedatcoordinates(0.1272.54)andismovedtoposition
(120 25). The current position of a device can be obtained with the aid
oftheINFOcommand.
Whenasymbolisdefined,apinisplacedatacertainposition.
PIN'GND'PWRNONESHORTR180(0.20.4);
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PrinciplesforWorkingwithEAGLE