Homebrew PCBs

wow, that's really cool.  I've used eagle on a sporadic basis for a 
couple of years and am always learning new features.  my love/hate 
affair with eagle continues... lol.

Phil

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Ussery" 
<uavscience@f...> wrote:
> 
> You'll want to create different classes in the schematic. 
Type "class" into
> the command line interface. A dialog comes up with class 
definitions. You'll
> probably only have a "default" class. Define some more classes, 
such as
> power, clock, etc. with the trace widths, clearances and drill 
sizes you
> want. Then type in "change class". A menu with all the classes 
comes up.
> Select the class you want, and then click on the schematic nets you 
want to
> be the new class. Then go to your board and autoroute. The 
different classes
> should show up with their different widths, clearances, and drills.
> 
> 
> - Robert
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: joshdewinter [mailto:joshdewinter@y...]
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:06 PM
> >To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Another Eagle question for the experts
> >
> >  Thanks Phil, Javaguy and Rusty for the tips with Eagle.  The via
> >thing was so simple, I didn't even think of doing it.
> >  I have another one for you.  I've read the manual and didn't see
> >it.  You'll probably slap me for being ignorant, but here goes:
> >
> >  How do you change the width of the tracks the autorouter uses?  I
> >have tried changing the line width before using the autorouter, but
> >it sticks to the line size it appears to like best.  If I group all
> >the traces and use the change tool after they're drawn, I get
> >overlapping lines if they get too big.
> >  How can I specify lines with big width before routing, so the
> >autorouter doesn't overlap them?
> >
> >Thanks very much for the help