User Guide

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Autoendnetandbus:
Ifplacinganetonapinorabusthenetdropsfromthemousecursor.
Default:on.
Autosetjunction:
Endinganetonanothernetajunctionwillbesetautomatically.
Default:on.
Min.visibletextsize:
Onlytextswiththegivenminimumsizearedisplayed.
Default:3pixels.
Min.visiblegridsize:
Grid lines/dots which are closer than the given minimum distance are
nolongerdisplayedonthescreen.Default:5pixels.
Selectfactor:
Within this radius (given in % of the height of the current drawing win
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dow)EAGLEoffersobjectsforselection.Default:2%.
Snaplength:
Ending a wire with the ROUTE command within this radius around a
pad or smd will snap it on the middle of the pad/smd automatically. This
is also true for airwires which are dynamically calculated while ROUTE
isactive.Default:20mil.
Displaymode:
Pads/viasareshownwithadrillhole(real)orwithoutit(Nodrills).
Default:real.
Changes can also be made by typing in the complete SET command.
Entering
SETPOLYGON_RATSNESTOFF
or,inshort
SETPOLYOFF
for instance switches off polygon calculation for the RATSNEST
command.
The help system provides you with more instructions about the SET
command.
The eagle.scr File
The script file eagle.scr is automatically executed when an editor win
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dow is opened or when a new schematic diagram, board or library file is
created,unlessaprojectfileexists.
It is first looked for in the current project directory. If no file of this
name exists there, it is looked for in the directory that is entered in the
Script boxinthe Options/Directories dialog.
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PrinciplesforWorkingwithEAGLE