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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan King" <alan@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:31 PM
>>I don't think that works for SMT parts, Alan. It works fine for
>>through-hole, but I've never been successful in flipping surface mount
>>parts. Maybe a limitation of the freebie?
>>
> I used Eagle for quite some time knowing it worked on through hole and
> not realizing it was how to do SMT parts myself until I finally did the
> tutorial with 4.1. Try again, it works fine. Pads and pins are on the
> same edit window in the library editor, there simply are no SMT or
> through hole parts in Eagle, it understands no difference. There is
> only whether there is a pin touching both layers or an smd at any
> particular point, which has no bearing on flip working or not.. Parts
> is parts in Eagle, it is the chicken nugget mecca of the CAD world..

It worked like a charm after turning on tOrigins. :) I didn't test
exhaustively, but it appears only the origin cross is selectable for mirror.
Otherwise, it flips something else nearby. (I mutter a lot when I use Eagle,
so this isn't anything new or bad. It's just one more thing to keep in mind
and mutter at.)