Convert Eagle to TARGET 3001!
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Eagle commands and how to do it in TARGET 3001
General
TARGET 3001! is able to import Eagle* files and Eagle* libraries. If you wish to convert only an Eagle* board file e.g. to use the TARGET 3001! milling tool for milling a board, we recommend just to save only the Eagle *.brd file into a separate directory to use it with the ulp-program.
*Eagle is a registered trademark of Premier Farnell, USA.
Convert Eagle* schematic and board files to a *.t3001 file
| Action | View |
|---|---|
| Copy file Eagle3.ulp or Eagle4.ulp or Eagle4-1.ulp (according to your Eagle version) into the Eagle directory "ulp" |  |
| Start Eagle and open an Eagle schematic you wish to convert. |  |
| Enter "run eagle*.ulp" to the command line. * represents your version number. This converter creates automatically a text file in ASCII format (*.TXT) and saves it to the same directory the Eagle schematic was taken from. |  |
| Start in TARGET in menu "File / Input-Output Formats" the driver "ASCII-IO-Interface". |  |
| Click in the opened dialogue on button "OPEN". |  |
| Now a window opens for to choose the desired project. Set in "File Type" (extension) "TARGET-Texts (*.TXT)". Choose in "File name" the desired ASCII-TXT file. |  |
| Click on button "Convert" |  |
| Set in File Type (extension) "TARGET Files (*.3001)", and choose an appropriate TARGET-T3001 file name. In our example the name remains: "singlesided". ...sorry for not showing english Windows dialogues. |  |
| Now press button "Convert" |  |
| REMARK: In TARGET 3001! all component names need to have a prefix and a number (e.g. IC5, R3, ...)! Please rename in Eagle, if needed. |  Example: An error is shown in a component line. The parameters are devided by a vertical slash. Prefix is parameter #9. Number is parameter #14. This example has the component name "left" - No number. Help: rename the component in Eagle to "Left1". |
| In the mentioned directory a file named "singlesided .T3001" has been generated. |  |
| Open in TARGET the new converted project. |  ...sorry for not showing english Windows dialogs. |
| Connections are shown as crosses... |  |
| ...please reorganise the project in TARGET 3001!. |  |
| Click in Reo- Dialog Button "Start Project Reo" |  |
| Done. |  |
Convert an Eagle* library script to TARGET format *.sym3001 and *.pck3001
| Action | View |
|---|---|
| Choose in Eagle* control panel... |  |
| ...the library you wish to convert. |  |
| e.g. 40xx... |  |
| ...under File/Open/Library |  |
| Click "Open". |  |
| Choose in opened library... |  |
| ...File/Export/... |  |
| .../Script. Now save the library... |  |
| ...in *.scr format to a directory of your choice. |  |
| Start TARGET 3001!.Select "File/Input-/ Output-formats/.../Import Eagle library as Script..." |  |
| Choose the the .scr file and press "Open". Now the converter starts and information is given. |  ...sorry for not showing english Windows (R) dialogues. |
- Two files now have been generated to the same directory: one with extension .SYM3001 regarding schematic symbols, the other with extension .PCK3001 regarding packages.
- Now copy those new libraries to your TARGET components (symbols) and package directory normally to "TARGET/Libs". If you prefer a different path, pleae set it in "Window/Settings/Options" in the dialog window below left.
*Eagle is a registered trademark of CADSOFT, Pleiskirchen, Germany.