- Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:21 am
#138548
Hey,
I started with PCB design using Eagle 6.1.0 Light on OS X, with the tutorials on this website. My biggest problem is: I can only add certain parts (sometimes the "ADD" button doesnt even show up).
So what I did (example): I make a new layout (no board yet) and add some components. For example I add part M02 (M02PTH within M02) from Sparkfun Library. That works just fine. Then I'd like to add HC49US (crystal) from Sparkfun Library - but there is no ADD button. Does anyone know why? Also trying to add this component from the library "crystal" (included in Eagle by default) there is no ADD button...
Funny is: If i create the board (.brd file) for my layout, the add button for these components suddenly appears in the library. But when I click it, I just get an alert message, saying something like: "Action cannot be assigned to the layout. Please execute it directly in the layout!" (Sorry this is translated by me, dont know the exact English message).
Does anyone know a hint of how to add these components?
Many thanks!
I started with PCB design using Eagle 6.1.0 Light on OS X, with the tutorials on this website. My biggest problem is: I can only add certain parts (sometimes the "ADD" button doesnt even show up).
So what I did (example): I make a new layout (no board yet) and add some components. For example I add part M02 (M02PTH within M02) from Sparkfun Library. That works just fine. Then I'd like to add HC49US (crystal) from Sparkfun Library - but there is no ADD button. Does anyone know why? Also trying to add this component from the library "crystal" (included in Eagle by default) there is no ADD button...
Funny is: If i create the board (.brd file) for my layout, the add button for these components suddenly appears in the library. But when I click it, I just get an alert message, saying something like: "Action cannot be assigned to the layout. Please execute it directly in the layout!" (Sorry this is translated by me, dont know the exact English message).
Does anyone know a hint of how to add these components?
Many thanks!