User Guide

CommandParameters
A number of EAGLE commands need additional parameters. Refer to
the help pages for a description of the textual entry of parameters (via
commandlineorscriptfile).
Most of the parameters can be entered by clicking the appropriate icons
in the parameter toolbar, which changes according to the selected com
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mand.Theseiconsalsoshowbubblehelpexplanations.
This is how the parameter toolbar appears when the NET command is
activated.
On the left is the GRID icon for setting the grid pitch. To the right are
buttons for the bend mode (SET WIRE_BEND) of the net line, fol
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lowed by the miter radius for smoothing line joints with the options
straight or rounded (see MITER command). Next to this is the Style
menu where the type of line is defined. On the far right is a value menu
forassigninga Netclass.
GRID command: This icon is available at any time. It is used to adjust
the grid and to select the current unit. In EAGLE, any value relates to
thecurrentunit.
The ActionToolbar
Thistoolbariscomposedofthefollowingicons:
From the left: Open file, save file, print file, call CAM Processor,
open/createcorrespondingboardfile(BOARDcommand).
Load,remove,orcreateanewschematicsheet.
USE command: Select libraries which will be taken into consideration
by the ADD dialog. Can also be done with the Library/Use menu item
or by clicking the markers in the Libraries branch of the Control Panel's
tree view. The context menu of the entry Libraries or of its subfolders
contains the entries Use all and Use none for a quick and simple
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