PCB - Cadsoft EAGLE users - help needed

[ronsimpson]

I use EAGLE.
If you don't have $12,000.00 then use eagle.
I have used worse! for more money.

[rwskinner]

The biggest thing that kills me on the Eagle CAD is trying to find the proper components. I've been using IVEX for years until they went belly up. I lost my Key and of course can't get one now.

A Cheat Sheet for common components would be a life saver. I spend more time trying to find the proper resistors / capacitors. Before, I would just say I wanted a 1/4 watt vertical or horizontal resistor.

[malc-c]

Been using eagle for some time for hobby use. It takes a bit of getting use to but its not that hard to use. Yes the library of components are vast, but you find that you tend to use just a few more common ones, rather than dedicated sockets or devices.

The good thing is that more and more PCB houses are supporting Eagles BRD format allowing the cheap production of quality PCB's without having to understand the usual GERBER convertions.

[geckogrotto]

I'm using Eagle from Cadsoft and im having issue with not being able to place parts in exact postions. The only way to move parts that I can see is with the mouse. Is there a command I'm missing that will allow me to move a given part a specifc distance like move X,Y.

[Ioannis]

Have you tried to change the grid?

Ioannis

[geckogrotto]

I did try the grid and the alt grid but I was looking for something more along the lines of move to X,Y cords so that I can easily pop down parts where I know they need to be instead of dragging them around to get to the same spot.

[Ioannis]

Yes, I understand what you mean. I use the indicators for the x-y cordinators to place parts. The difficult is when you have a part that its cross is not on its corners, but somewhere in the middle.

Ioannis