[sdiy] Eagle for PCB Layout

[john slee]

Awesome. Investing in library metadata sounds totally worthwhile —
eliminating a major source of human errors?

John

On 3 July 2018 at 08:07, Sarah Thompson <plodger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Long time EAGLE user here. I haven't yet gone to the Autodesk version, but
> will do so before my next nontrivial board project. I've done everything up
> to and including spaceflight mil spec 12 layer boards with 3 on 3 geometry,
> LVDS, impedance control, etc. with EAGLE. Altium has more features, but
> it's too spendy to buy as an individual. I *could*, but that's a hell of a
> lot of money that I'm not sure really pans out. If I was doing contract
> design or layout for an Altium shop I'd possibly make the leap if the
> numbers worked out.
>
> Re building your own libraries, I do tend to make my own custom EAGLE
> libraries, importing components from standard libraries as well as defining
> my own, and adding extra attributes so I can go directly from a board
> design to a fully marked up BOM with part numbers and suppliers. I find
> that capability a huge timesaver, particularly if anything ends up needing
> revs.
>
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 12:43 PM Ingo Debus <igg.debus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> > Am 02.07.2018 um 04:12 schrieb charlie wallace <
>> charlie at finitemonkeys.com>:
>> >
>> > eagle has an ipc footprint wizard since 8.7 it also generates the 3d
>> models
>>
>> Ah, thanks for the heads-up!
>> I updated to version 8.7.1 a while ago, but I overlooked that feature
>> bcause that version still came with the 8.6 user manual. Should have paid
>> more attention to the update.txt file.
>> However, i just have downloaded 9.1.0. I’ll try the „wizard" soon. Anyone
>> who’s searching for it, it’s called package creator or package generator.
>>
>> Ingo
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