============================================== E A G L E - L A Y O U T - S O F T W A R E Information about Version 5.7.0 ============================================== Updating from older versions ---------------------------- IMPORTANT: If you are updating from an older version of EAGLE, please make ********* sure you read the file doc/UPDATE entirely before working with this new version! Manual + Tutorial ----------------- The EAGLE manual and tutorial in PDF format can be found in the "doc" subdirectory. Please make sure you read at least the tutorial before beginning to work with EAGLE. Minimum System Requirements --------------------------- - Intel PC based Linux - Kernel version 2.6 - X11 in at least 8bpp mode Installation ------------ Run the self extracting shell script eagle-lin-5.7.0.run and wait until the EAGLE Setup dialog appears (this may take a few seconds). In case you are installing from CD-ROM and can't execute programs from the CD, you may need to copy this script to your hard disk first. If you want to install EAGLE from a shell without a graphical display, you can call the script with the name of the directory into which EAGLE shall be installed. For example eagle-lin-5.7.0.run /opt would install EAGLE into the directory '/opt/eagle-5.7.0'. Usage ----- To use EAGLE just run the program /home/username/eagle-5.7.0/bin/eagle (assuming you have installed EAGLE into the default location under your home directory). Graphics distortions when scrolling windows ------------------------------------------- If you encounter graphics distortions when scrolling windows, you may need to disable "composite" mode in your graphics setup. This can be done by adding the following lines to your X configuration file: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection Octagon apertures in Gerber RS-274X format ------------------------------------------ The various Gerber viewers on the market have different ideas about how to display octagon apertures in RS-274X format. There are all kinds of interpretations of the diameter and rotation. When generating octagon apertures in RS-274X format, EAGLE assumes that the viewer will interpret the diameter as the distance between two opposite corners, and that it has to be rotated by 22.5 degrees to achieve the proper alignment. In case your specific viewer interprets these data differently you can adjust this to your viewer's special needs in the file 'eagle.def'. IMPORTANT: Before sending data in RS-274X format to your board house you should make sure you ask them how *their* software will interpret octagon data. Platforms --------- Board, schematic and library files created with EAGLE version 4.11 or later can be exchanged between Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. The binary data format is the same on all platforms. Autorouter job files that have been created with EAGLE for Mac OS X on the PPC platform can't be processed with any other version of EAGLE (and vice versa). Printing fill patterns ---------------------- Printing fill patterns doesn't work with Postscript files. If you want to print fill patterns, create a PDF file and then print that file. Electrical Schematics --------------------- This EAGLE version is suited for drawing schematics and generating other documentation for electrical projects, according to the European standard. The descriptions of the specific libraries and user language programs, as well as the tutorial covering this topic, are written in German. At present, there are no plans to offer these features for the English- speaking market. Feel free to use them, but there will be no support in English. Language -------- EAGLE uses the same language as the operating system it is running on (provided the necessary language specific text files are available). To override this, you can set the environment variable LANG to the desired value, as in SET LANG=de_DE (under Windows) before starting EAGLE. =================== ========================= SALES INFORMATION =============================== =================== EAGLE is a program of: CadSoft Computer 19620 Pines Blvd. Suite 217 Pembroke Pines, FL 33029 Phone: 954-237-0932 Fax: 954-237-0968 E-Mail: info@cadsoftusa.com Web: http://www.cadsoftusa.com EAGLE is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platforms. =========================================================================== "Linux" is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. "Mac", "Mac OS" and "Apple" are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. "Windows" is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. =========================================================================== Copyright (c) 2010 CadSoft Computer - All rights reserved