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Download Manual Autodesk Eagle PDF tutorial – Free, This tutorial provides a basic introduction to the EAGLE PCB-Design Package. It covers the use of the EAGLE Schematic Editor, Layout Editor, and Autorouter. This guide will lead you through the program in the natural order, starting with the Schematic Editor module and working through to board design and autorouting. You will benefit most by going through the entire document.
You should be familiar with the use of the basic functions of your operat-
ing system. Expressions like enlarge the editor window will be used without further explanation. Having completed this tutorial you should be able to start working on a serious project. While creating your initial designs, however, you should frequently use the help function and the EAGLE Reference Manual to learn more about specific details. Only then will you be able to take full advantage of EAGLE’s capabilities.
You will learn how to use most of the program commands, although not all of the features which make EAGLE so powerful and flexible are discussed in this introduction — for example the possibilities of the SET, SCRIPT, and RUN commands (see help).
Before you begin you should consult the README file and the files with the extension *.txt in eagle/doc.
Although this tutorial is based on the Windows version of EAGLE, the differences to Linux are minimal.
What to expect from this Manual
- Features of EAGLE
- System Requirements
- Professional Version
- General
- Layout Editor
- Schematic Module
- Autorouter Module
- Standard Edition
- Light Edition (Freeware)
- Installation and Program Start
- Windows
- Linux
- Individual EAGLE Setup
- The Script File eagle.scr
- User Interface
- Function Keys
- Layer Colors
- The Concept of the EAGLE User Interface
- Selecting Menu Items
- Mouse Click
- Several Input Alternatives
- Use of Key Combinations
- Command and Parameter Input via the Command Line
- Control Panel
- EAGLE Files
- Backup Files
- Create EAGLE Projects
- Load File and Select Monitor Zoom
- Selecting Layers for Display
- Setting up Grid and Unit
- Wires, Circles, Arcs, Rectangles, and Text The WIRE Command
- Changing Line Width
- Change Object to another Layer
- Undo/Redo Function
- The CIRCLE Command
- The ARC Command
- The RECT Command
- The TEXT Command
- Special Text Variables
- Using Libraries
- The ADD Command
- The USE Command
- The INVOKE Command
- Drawing a Schematic
- Grid
- Adding a Frame to a Schematic
- Adding and Changing Text
- Entering a Schematic
- The NET Command
- The NAME Command
- The LABEL Command
- The DELETE Command
- The JUNCTION Command
- The SHOW Command
- The MOVE Command
- History Function
- Completing the Schematic
- The SMASH Command
- The VALUE Command
- The Electrical Rule Check (ERC)
- Generating a Board from a Schematic
- The BUS Command
- Automatic Forward&Back Annotation Designing a PC Board
- Designing a Board without a Schematic
- Defining Board Shape
- Placement Grid
- Placing Components
- Placing SMD Packages
- Providing Names
- Providing Values
- Defining Signals
- Defining Signal Classes
- Creating a Board from a Schematic
- Generating a Board File
- Component Placement
- Autorouter: A Brief Example
- Routing Manually
- Board Changes
- Further Usage of the Layout Editor
- The DISPLAY Command
- The MOVE Command
- The GROUP Command
- The SPLIT Command
- The CHANGE Command
- The ROUTE Command
- The RIPUP Command
- The SHOW Command
- Refresh Screen
- Undo/Redo Function
- Inner Layers
- Supply Layers
- Copper Pouring with the POLYGON Command
- Autorouter
- Design Rule Check
- Libraries Resistor Package
- Resistor Symbol
- Resistor Device
- Output of Drawings and Manufacturing Data
- Output a Schematic with the PRINT Command
- Generating Image Files for Documentation Purpose
- Generating Gerber Data with the CAM Processor
- Generating Drill Data
- Further Manufacturing Data
- Data Exchange
- The EAGLE User Language
- Script Files A Flexible Input Interface