User Guide

Table Of Contents

The option Always vector font shows and prints texts with the built-in

vector font, independently from the originally used font. Using the vec

tor font guarantees that the output with a printer or the CAM Processor

is exactly the same as shown in the editor window. Fonts other than vec

tor font depend on the systems' settings and cannot be controlled by

EAGLE. The output of non-vector fonts may differ from the editor's

view.

Opening the User Interface dialog from one of the Editor windows (for

example, the Layout Editor) the Always vector font option offers an ad

ditional item Persistent in this drawing. Setting this option causes

EAGLE to save the Always vector font setting in the current drawing file.

So you can be quite sure that the layout will be shown with vector font

atanother'spersoncomputer(forexample,ataboardhouse).

Pleaseseethehelpfunctionfordetails(TEXTcommand).

Limit zoom factor limits the maximum zoom factor in an editor window.

Deactivating this option allows to zoom into the drawing as far as one

squaremillimeter.

Please be careful with this option! Some graphics devices won't display

a proper drawing screen exceeding a certain zoom factor (16 bit coordi

nate range). The worst case may result in a system crash due to a sloopy

programmeddriver.

If you are working with a wheel mouse, you can zoom in and out by

turning the mouse wheel. Mouse wheel zoom determines the zoom fac-

tor.Thevalue0switchesthisfunctionoff.

The background color and the appearance of the drawing cursor can be

separately adjusted for the layout and the schematic diagram editors.

The background may be black, white or shown in any other color (Colo

red).Thebackgroundcolordefinitionisdescribedonpage 80.

The cursor can be displayed optionally as a small cross or as large cross-

hairs.

The check boxes in the Help area allow you to switch on or off the

popup texts for the command icons (Bubble help) and the help texts for

thecommandsinthestatusline(User guidance).

Deselecting the User guidance check box allows commands like NET,

MOVE, ROUTE, SHOW to show information about the selected ob

jectinthesatusbaroftheeditorwindow.

WindowMenu

From the Window menu you can choose the window (schematic, board,

etc.) to be displayed in the foreground. The number on the left is the

window number. It allows you to choose a window when combined

withthe Alt key(e.g.Alt+1selectswindow1).

The combination Alt+0 can be used anywhere in the program to bring

theControlPanelintotheforeground.

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