User Guide

Thecommand
RIPUPGNDVCC+5V
convertsthethreesignalsGND,VCCand+5Vbacktoairwires.
RIPUP!GNDVCC
on the other hand converts all signals apart from GND and VCC to
airwires.
RIPUP;
converts all signals (that are visible in the editor) into airwires. To truly
include every track, all the layers in which tracks have been drawn must
bevisible(DISPLAY).
If you want to use wires as arcs or try to smooth the wire bends see the
hints concerning the MITER command in the help function. The miter
radius determins how the wire joints are mitered. A positive value gen
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erates a rounding, a negative one a straight line. The miter radius influ
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ences some bend modi (0, 1, 3, 4; see SET command) and is shown
additionally in the parameter toolbar of the commands SPLIT, ROUTE,
WIRE,andPOLYGON.
While WIRE or ROUTE is acitve it is possible to click through the pre
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viously mentioned wire bends (bend modi) with the right mouse but
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ton.EAGLEknowseightmodi(0..7).
Holding down the Shift key while clicking the right mouse button
reversesthedirectionofselection.
Holding down the Ctrl key allows to toggle between complementary
wirebends.
If you want to have only some wire bends available for the right mouse
button,youcandefinethis,forexample,inthe eagle.scr file.
Supposed you want to work with wire bends number 2, 5, 6, and 7 use
thefollowingsyntax:
SET WIRE_BEND@2567;
However, if you want to use another bend mode you can always chose it
fromtheparametertoolbar.
It is also possible to leave the track laying to the Autorouter which has
itsownchapterinthismanual.
Defining aCopperPlanewithPOLYGON
EAGLE can fill regions of a board with copper. Simply draw the borders
of the area with the POLYGON command. You give the polygon a sig
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nal name, using NAME followed by a click on the border of the poly
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gon. Then all the elements that carry this signal are connected to the
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