Eagle - auto-placing the elements

[teel]

Hi there,
Has anyone found/used any function in CadSoft Eagle Freeware that
would auto-place my elements on the board? I've drawn a schematic,
switched to Board mode and I see all my elements connected, but they
are kind of sorted by the type. I'd like them to be placed as they are
drawn, because in fact the schematic is simple and it determines the
layout of the board itself. Of course I can place them manually, but
it'd be much faster to do it automatically.

Best regards,
teel

 

[Dave Pollum]

Hi there,
Has anyone found/used any function in CadSoft Eagle Freeware that
would auto-place my elements on the board? I've drawn a schematic,
switched to Board mode and I see all my elements connected, but they
are kind of sorted by the type. I'd like them to be placed as they are
drawn, because in fact the schematic is simple and it determines the
layout of the board itself. Of course I can place them manually, but
it'd be much faster to do it automatically.

Best regards,
teel

As far as I know, there is no autoplacer for EAGLE (I use v4.16r1).
Perhaps there is something on Cadsoft's web site at the ULP download
section (www.cadsoft.de).
-Dave Pollum

 

[Peter Bennett]

Hi there,
Has anyone found/used any function in CadSoft Eagle Freeware that
would auto-place my elements on the board? I've drawn a schematic,
switched to Board mode and I see all my elements connected, but they
are kind of sorted by the type. I'd like them to be placed as they are
drawn, because in fact the schematic is simple and it determines the
layout of the board itself. Of course I can place them manually, but
it'd be much faster to do it automatically.

Best regards,
teel

Even on high-end PCB CAD systems, auto-placers are rarely useful. I
think they are features dreamed up by the marketing department, but
rarely, if ever, used by a PC layout person.



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[a7yvm109gf5d1@netzero.com]

Hi there,
Has anyone found/used any function in CadSoft Eagle Freeware that
would auto-place my elements on the board? I've drawn a schematic,
switched to Board mode and I see all my elements connected, but they
are kind of sorted by the type. I'd like them to be placed as they are
drawn, because in fact the schematic is simple and it determines the
layout of the board itself. Of course I can place them manually, but
it'd be much faster to do it automatically.

Best regards,
teel

Can you get Eagle to pick components on the PCB side by clicking on
the schematic?
If not, maybe there are properties on each symbol that you can massage
when you package out.
For example, each schematic symbol could contain the X and Y location
of itself on the page.
Package out the X and Y to the PCB side, then write a script to
autoplace the parts according to the X and Y properties.