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| Martin72:
Hi, I would like to be able to move the individual contacts of a relay anywhere on the plan. With the model I have, only all the contacts together can be moved. How can I change that? Thanks, Martin |
| Doctorandus_P:
I was surprised to see a post in the "Eagle" section of this forum, and it looks like this is the 3rd post in this section for the first 9 1/2 months of 2024. autodesk has been trying hard to kill eagle, and most of it's users have noticed this by now and moved to other software. I guess that eagle also has a way to make multi-unit symbols. things like the TL084 opamp usually are separate opamps, and often the power pins as a 5th unit. You can tear such a symbol apart in your symbol editor to see what makes it's internals tick. I'm a happy KiCad user myself, and find it hard to commend on eagle. Over 10 years ago I was evaluating options for a new PCB design program and I disliked eagle's user interface a lot, so after a day and a bit of review I discarded it again. This seems like a fairly beginners question. And out of curiosity, why are you starting with eagle in 2024? |
| Martin72:
Hi, I have been working with it for about 16 years. So far, I have not had to touch a finished component and I tend to be the kind of user who does not look at all the functions unless they are needed. I have tried to get to know KiCad before, but I can't manage it, so I am (still) “tied” to Eagle. |
| jpanhalt:
I have used Eagle since 3.x and stopped updates with Autodesk. I still use v. 7.x. As stated, I suspect there is a way to make symbols with movable parts. I have never done that, except for supply pins, e.g., for logic devices. (If you can do it for that, why not for everything?) As a ready alternative, just draw short segments of a net to the pins you want and label them the same as whatever to which they attach. I do that routinely (e.g., for wires to an LCD), and it prevents clutter on the schematic. It does not affect readability IMHO unless taken to an extreme. |
| Roehrenonkel:
Hi martin72, open the relay-library (or the one containing your part), copy the 3-element symbol, create a new one (single contact / Schliesser). Create a new Device and connect all the symbols. I'm running V4.16, hope my info is still up to date. Feel free to ask more details. Good luck |
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