Electrical – How to copy a polygon in eagle from one layer to multiple others in library (package) editor

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I have to layout kind of several boiler plates for layouts. I thought of designing it as a package in the library editor.

Some drawing elements have to be present on any layer and some other have to be present on several different layers.

I could copy them to one layer after another, but this is tedious, error prone and tedious to check.

I tried to use copy wire-to-any-layer.ulp but it doesn't work in the library editor. Any hints? I'm using the latest version (7.7.0 Ultimate)

Best Answer

It's not clear what you are really asking about, but it seems you have a polygon in one layer, and you want to copy it to another layer. At least that's what I'll answer.

As far as I know, there is no direct way to copy to another layer. However, this can be done in a few relatively simple steps:

  1. Copy the polygon to some unused space in the same layer.

  2. Group the copy

  3. In the command line textbox, issue the command CHANGE LAYER [layer number]

  4. Right click beside the group you created from the copy and accept "change group"

  5. click on the MOVE arrowhead icon

  6. right click near the group you created and issue the command "move group"

  7. Do a MOVE on the group to position the copy, now in the new layer, to where to want it.

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