User Guide

5.8 ConfiguringEAGLE Individually
There are a number of settings that permit the program to be adjusted
for individual needs. We distinguish between program, user and
project-specificsettings.
Basic program settings that will apply to every user and every new proj
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ect are made in the eagle.scr file. Under Windows, personal preferences
arestoredinthefile eaglerc.usr,or,underLinux,in ~/.eaglerc.
EAGLE remembers settings that only apply to one particular project in
the eagle.epf projectfile.
Values that, for instance, only apply to one specific board, such as the
Design Rules, special layer colors, unique newly defined layers or the
grid setting are stored directly in the layout file. This also applies, of
course,toschematicdiagramandlibraryfiles.
ConfigurationCommands
Most of the options are usually set by means of the Options menu in the
individualEAGLEwindows.
The Control Panel allows settings to be made for Directories, file
Backup and the appearance of the editor window (User interface). These
optionsaredescribedinthechapteronthe ControlPanel underthe
Optionsmenu heading,startingonpage 30.
Through the User interface settings it is possible to select the icon-based
menuoraconfigurable textmenu.
The MENU command allows the text menu to be given a hierarchical
configuration by means of a script file. There is an example of this in the
appendix.
The Options menu in the editor windows for schematic diagrams, lay
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outs and libraries contains, in addition to the User interface item, two
furtherentries:
Assign and Set.
The ASSIGN command alters and displays the assignment of the func
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tionkeys.Youwillfindinformationaboutthisonpage 62.
Generalsystemparametersarealteredwiththe SETcommand.
The CHANGE command allows a variety of initial settings for object
properties.
The GRID command sets the grid size and the current unit. Further in
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formationaboutthisstartsonpage 68.
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