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mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
edited 2009-07-10 16:28 in General Discussion
I have been working with Eagle for a long time and love it. One thing I have not figure out how to do is make the solder mask cover a via. Does anyone know how to do this in either eagle or know a program that can do it in the gerber files?

If you have any questions on how to use Eagle feel free to ask.

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  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-06-28 01:11
    Aside from Eagle being free, how does it compare to Diptrace?

    (I've only looked superficially at both so far)

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  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2009-06-28 01:21
    I have not used dip trace so I could not give a comparison. If you are just starting try them all out because once you start building libraries in one it is hard to change.

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  • Harrison.Harrison. Posts: 484
    edited 2009-06-28 05:39
    What you're looking for is 'tented vias'. Sparkfun has a nice tutorial that covers this and other useful Eagle tricks: www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=115.
  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2009-06-28 07:01
    thanks. good toutorial. I disobey a lot of the things they say but that is why I pay a little extra to have my boards electrically tested by the fab shop.

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  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-07-01 17:23
    Can an Eagle schematic or board be converted or imported somehow into ExpressPCB?

    (I dug around on ExpressPCB, but didn't see mention of the gerber format)

    I'm still experimenting with which schematic<->board software to use... Diptrace is looks powerful, but it costs too much for me right now. Eagle seems pretty easy to use so far ... lot's of quirks that are really features [noparse]:)[/noparse]) Wish there were some low-cost CAD software too that does both mechanical and electronic like the old TurboCAD ... still hunting...

    thanks
    - H

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  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2009-07-01 17:52
    No every one uses different schematic code. You can export to netlist and use someone else pcb software.

    Dip trace looks good but I do not have $700 and already purchased full eagle 4.1. And have all designs in it.

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  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-07-01 18:34
    Yikes the latest, full Pro version of Eagle is $1500, but the light version (for commercial) use is only $50... free if you don't need to make $ with it. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    The freebee version doesn't allow me to select the net list type to export - can you do that on the one you have? (Not sure what the ExpressPCB expects for net list format, several are listed, but I hacked on it enough to see that I'd need to figure out its format. Are all net lists in a text format of some kind with different headers?)

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  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2009-07-01 18:51
    Ya it was $2000 years ago. Free will do a lot though

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  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-07-01 19:29
    OK, the real trick to Eagle seems to be what you've done in building your own libraries. wink.gif
    [noparse][[/noparse]edit:·DOH! Express takes gerber files... problem solved... no more expressSCH/PCB for me !! ]

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    Post Edited (CounterRotatingProps) : 7/1/2009 11:45:29 PM GMT
  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2009-07-02 04:11
    mctrivia

    I finally found a laser printer to print PC stencils (with toner).

    I down loaded the freeware Eagle 5.4.0 a while back. Can this software print a stencil to etch a PC board?

    If so I could use a little help getting started with Eagle

    Thanks in advance

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  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2009-07-02 04:21
    definetly. can.

    1) load your board layout.
    2) press ratsnest button bottom left 5 circles with lines between.
    3) press 3 coloured icon in top left below the i
    4) press none
    5) turn on layers 1,17,18 for top or 16,17,18 for bottom
    6) select file->print
    7) select only black, and solid.
    8) print

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  • RickBRickB Posts: 395
    edited 2009-07-03 03:48
    @mctrivia
    Are you aware of this? http://forums.eagletoolkit.com/ It is a conventional forum form of the cadsoft newsgroup.
  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2009-07-03 03:50
    Nope was not. Thanks

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  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2009-07-03 06:59
    mctrivia

    What is the normal software that is used to create the PCB layout that Eagle will work with?

    Thanks in advance for any help. Like I said, I'm just getting started with this software!

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  • mctriviamctrivia Posts: 3,772
    edited 2009-07-03 12:47
    Not sure what your asking. Are you looking for a gerber interpreter so you can make pcb from any cad programs output? If so I don't know James Long or google could answer that better.

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  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2009-07-10 02:00
    mctrivia

    I'm havening some trouble getting started with EAGLE 5.4.0. Is there a link I can download to help Me get started with EAGLE? Like a user Manuel or some other doc.s

    I'm not looking for a gerber interpreter, Just a Manuel or guild to get started with EGALE from scratch. I have a valid freeware user license from CadSoft. I have never used any software like this before, And I really need some help getting started.

    I want to start with the PIC16C57C with the Interpreter burnt in by Parallax

    Any help would be great!

    Thanks in advance

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  • Greg LaPollaGreg LaPolla Posts: 324
    edited 2009-07-10 16:28
    @$WMc%

    look Here on spark fun, about half way down there is a series of tutorials on eagle. That should be enough to get you using eagle like a pro.
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