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Autodesk Eagle tips and tricks

Published: 09 October 2017
Last updated: 05 January 2023

Partial autoroute selective individual traces

In Eagle you can also autoroute individual traces, but that is not well described anywhere. That's why I made this video:

Albert Eagle libraries

Here are my own Eagle libraries: Albert-library.zip.

Eagle most used parts collection

Download the Eagle schematic HERE.

Eagle most used parts collectionEagle most used parts collection

 images/Computer/Eagle/Most-used-parts.zip

Free access to schematic symbols, PCB footprints and 3D models 

Here are websites where you can download schematic symbols, PCB footprints and 3D models. But I have to say that the schematic symbols are often of a poor quality.

SnapEDA for ready-to-use PCB footprints and schematic symbolsSnapEDA for ready-to-use PCB footprints and schematic symbols

Eagle layer color settings numbering

We can set the colors of the layers in Eagle by using a script. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any overview on the internet, so I made one myself:

Eagle PCB layer color setting script numberingEagle PCB layer color setting script numbering

I've made this image quick, if someone has an improved version, I'd like to hear it.

Checking unconnected pins in Eagle

In version 7.7 unconnected pins are shown in the Pinlist (file> export Pinlist).