User Guide

UserLanguagePrograms,Scripts,CAMJobs

These entries show the contents of the ulp, scr and cam directories.

They contain various User Language programs (*.ulp), script files

(*.scr) and CAM jobs (*.cam) for the output of data using the CAM

Processor. If one of these files is selected in the Control Panel, you will

seeafulldescriptionofthefile.

The paths can be set by means of the Options/Directories menu. This is

discussedinmoredetaillaterinthischapter.

Projects

The various projects are managed from the Control Panel. A click on

the Projects entry displays various folders. These are located under the

path set under Options/Directories/Projects. It is allowed to define more

thanonepaththere.

A project usually consists of a folder (directory) which represents the

project by its name and the project's configuration file eagle.epf. The fol

der usually contains all files that belong to your project, for example,

schematicandboardfile,speciallibraryfiles,scriptfilesandsoon.

Project directories that contain the project file eagle.epf will be marked

with a red folder icon. 'Normal' folders will be marked with a yellow

icon.

The project to be edited is selected in the Projects branch. On the right

of the project's name you will find a marker which is either gray or

green. With the help of this marker one can open or close projects.

Clicking onto a gray marker, loads the project. The marker appears

green now. Clicking on the green marker again or clicking onto another

gray marker closes the current project respectively opens another pro

ject after closing the current one. This way one can switch easily from

oneprojecttoanother.

While closing a project the current settings will be stored in the corre

sponding project file eagle.epf, provided that the option Automatically

saveprojectfile issetinthe Options/Backup menu.

New projects are created by clicking the right mouse button on a folder

entry in this branch. A context menu opens which permits new files and

directoriestobecreatedandtheindividualprojectstobemanaged.

Selecting the option New/Project invokes a new folder which has to be

given the project's title. The project file eagle.epf will be created

automatically.

You can also use the File/Open/Project or the File/New/Project menu to

openorcreateanewproject.

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