Re: Eagle board layout newbie question

From: David Harmon (source_at_netcom.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:35:59 GMT

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:09:50 GMT in sci.electronics.cad,
info_at_cabling-design_dot_com@foo.com (Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com))
wrote,
>That's a great suggestion, David. I guess, I should spend more time
>learning the command language in Eagle. That would work perfect for me.

Glad you like it. Here's another trick:

Since mouse clicks snap to grid, if you have a component misaligned
relative to the grid (for instance, if you have changed the grid to
a funny number) it can be tricky to move it where you want. Click,
move, click leaves it still misaligned by the same amount, since
both clicks were grid-relative.

Instead, type
   move d1
then click where you want it. The component is selected by its
origin point, then dropped exactly at the grid snap point.
Combined with suitably chosen grid, that may get you some of what
you want.