[sdiy] EAGLE beginner question

[Ingo Debus]

Am 25.07.2008 um 20:46 schrieb ASSI:

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> You cannot get rid of an "unrouted" line.  You have to provide an
> actual route.  Most often, these are caused by pins that are
> placed off-grid, which happens a lot if you mix libraries using
> metric and imperial units or use a too coarse grid while routing.
> Also you really have to end a route on the pin of the pad, not
> just touching the pad at one corner.

As far as I have experienced it, Eagle handles off-grid pins very  
well. When routing a trace, you just have to click close enough to  
the destination pin and Eagle does the rest.
It's essential to have the sound of your computer turned on. When a  
trace is routed sucessfully, Eagle responds with a plonck sound.  
(Unfortunately it doesn't do that in the schematics editor.)

The trouble begins when there are still unrouted traces and you can't  
see them because they are so short. Then turn off all layers except  
the unrouted layer and try to find a tiny yellow dot on a black  
screen. Good luck! :->

BTW, there's a nice ULP called find-single-ended-wire. It helps  
finding traces that aren't connected to anything at one side.


Ingo