The free version of eagle is limited to 1 schematic sheet.
There is a non-profit version that goes for $125. It has limitations on board size (160mm x 100mm) and signal layers (4) but doesn’t seem to limit the number of schematic sheets. You aren’t supposed to use it for professional uses.
From eagle’s help: "The combo box in the action toolbar of the schematic editor window allows you to switch between the various sheets of the schematic, or to add new sheets to the schematic (this can also be done using the EDIT command). "
Don’t feel too bad. Eagle’s user interface takes some getting used to. It doesn’t follow the “normal” paradigms. But once you’re used to it it’s not too bad.
well, to be more precise, eagle doesn’t follow windows paradigms. Who is to say what’s normal. Eagle has a modal interface. You set a mode (say “drop resistor” or “mirror”) and can apply that as many times as you wish. It actually is pretty efficient. For example, the windows way to name things would be to select item, apply name function. In eagle, you select name mode and apply it to any number of items. The eagle way is quite a bit faster when dealing with multiple items.
eagle does have it’s inconsistencies but I’ve come to appreciate some of it’s UI. I still think the cut and paste approach is just plain bone headed, though.
Philba:
eagle does have it’s inconsistencies but I’ve come to appreciate some of it’s UI. I still think the cut and paste approach is just plain bone headed, though.
I’ll check out EasyPC in the fall. I imagine I’ll have some questions. No money for new toys this season. I’m throwing all my extra money at a vehicle loan right now. Debt just bugs me.
Philba:
eagle does have it’s inconsistencies but I’ve come to appreciate some of it’s UI. I still think the cut and paste approach is just plain bone headed, though.
How so?
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I perhaps should have said “copy and paste”. It shows scissors for copy. You have to group select then click on “copy” (which looks like “cut” to a normal person) then it is in the copy buffer. There is no feedback that the copy operation actually happened. You can’t copy a single item (you MUST group select). This where modal UIs basically suck.
If it was humor, it sure didn’t come across that way. It would be pretty hard to look at that as anything other than a direct criticism. I don’t think I created drama - it was there, OT and all.