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