EAGLE Tips and Tricks
Authors : Jason LaPenta
Last Update : November 2nd, 2005
To add hidden power pins on a part, Edit->Invoke (click on part)
An easy way to copy components or packages from an existing library
into your own personal library is to first open your library. Then
navagate to the part or package you want to copy in the Control Panel and then right click
and choose copy to library
Be careful that nets are indeed connected to pins in the schematic editor. Sometimes pins will look connect but actually are not. This often happens when nets are coppied. Check ECR output for any nets overlapping pins. An easy way to fix this is to move a part and place it where it was.
To highlight a net in PCB layout.. View->Show then click on the net.
If you are having trouble connecting nets to other nets (or components) in your .brd file and it seems like the nets will not line up at all, make the grid size a bit smaller. (This is especially likely if you are modifying a previously-made file that may have been made at a smaller-than-default grid size.)