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Tom Jennings
Feb 9, 2012, 1:04:26 PM2/9/12
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Keep receiving the error: "The Light edition of EAGLE can't perform the requested action!
See Help for further details." This was from trying to move C1 slightly to the left. What I don't understand is that I managed to move the components here in the first place the bottom line is part of an 80x100 box.
This has been a problem in various versions of EagleCAD 6.1, 6.1.1, 5.91 the issue went away when I had a temporary pro license for testing some of the features of another an earlier beta test.
Any help would be much appreciated
Keep receiving the error: "The Light edition of EAGLE can't perform the requested action!
See Help for further details." This was from trying to move C1 slightly to the left. What I don't understand is that I managed to move the components here in the first place the bottom line is part of an 80x100 box.
This has been a problem in various versions of EagleCAD 6.1, 6.1.1, 5.91 the issue went away when I had a temporary pro license for testing some of the features of another an earlier beta test.
Any help would be much appreciated
Tilmann Reh
Feb 12, 2012, 4:20:34 AM2/12/12
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Tom Jennings schrieb:
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With that crappy web interface at element-14, your picture can't be seen
anywhere else (newsgroups, eaglecentral.ca).
> Keep receiving the error: "The Light edition of EAGLE can't perform
> the requested action! See Help for further details."
And? Did you look into the help or the manual about the restrictions of
the light edition? Did you search the forums for that particular
message? This question comes up regularly. (Interestingly, it has not
been taken into the FAQ yet...)
> This was from trying to move C1 slightly to the left. What I don't
> understand is that I managed to move the components here in the first
> place the bottom line is part of an 80x100 box.
>
> This has been a problem in various versions of EagleCAD 6.1, 6.1.1,
> 5.91 the issue went away when I had a temporary pro license for
> testing some of the features of another an earlier beta test.
Not only the size of the box matters - you need to keep all pads in the
absolute range of (0 0) to (100 80).
Tilmann
> Image:Screen shot 2012-02-09 at 17.52.32.png
anywhere else (newsgroups, eaglecentral.ca).
> Keep receiving the error: "The Light edition of EAGLE can't perform
> the requested action! See Help for further details."
the light edition? Did you search the forums for that particular
message? This question comes up regularly. (Interestingly, it has not
been taken into the FAQ yet...)
> This was from trying to move C1 slightly to the left. What I don't
> understand is that I managed to move the components here in the first
> place the bottom line is part of an 80x100 box.
>
> This has been a problem in various versions of EagleCAD 6.1, 6.1.1,
> 5.91 the issue went away when I had a temporary pro license for
> testing some of the features of another an earlier beta test.
absolute range of (0 0) to (100 80).
Tilmann
Edmund Cape
Aug 21, 2012, 10:22:55 AM8/21/12
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I had the same problem. Despite the specification clearly stating the limitations on the dimensions of the free version, if you add a new component after working out an initial version of a board, the software places the new component "out of bounds" (if you will). In this position you can see the newly added component (bottom left) but can't select or move it "in bounds".
The solution for this BUG (software generated) is to (1) display all layers (2) select all objects (using the group function) (3) move all objects (that you can) close to the components that can't be selected/moved. This will reset the dimensions of the board to include the new components which will enable you to proceed.
I hope this helps.
The solution for this BUG (software generated) is to (1) display all layers (2) select all objects (using the group function) (3) move all objects (that you can) close to the components that can't be selected/moved. This will reset the dimensions of the board to include the new components which will enable you to proceed.
I hope this helps.
Jorge Garcia
Aug 21, 2012, 12:00:11 PM8/21/12
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On 8/21/2012 10:22 AM, Edmund Cape wrote:
>
> The solution for this BUG (software generated) is to (1) display all layers (2) select all objects (using the group function) (3) move all objects (that you can) close to the components that can't be selected/moved. This will reset the dimensions of the board to include the new components which will enable you to proceed.
This is not a bug, this is EAGLE's designed behaviour. All new parts
>
> The solution for this BUG (software generated) is to (1) display all layers (2) select all objects (using the group function) (3) move all objects (that you can) close to the components that can't be selected/moved. This will reset the dimensions of the board to include the new components which will enable you to proceed.
place on the schematic are introduced in the board to the left of the
positive x axis outside of the normal work area.
Often times for one reason or another users turn off all of the layers
and then turn on only the ones they need. The issue with this is that
the the tOrigins and bOrigins layers get turned off in the process.
These layers are very important since they contain the snap points of
all of your components. When these layers are off you can't move or
modify anything. By turning all the layers on before your procedure you
already fixed the problem.
Once those two layers are on you can very easily use the move command to
bring the parts onto the design.
hth,
Jorge Garcia
Bob Montgomery Jr
May 6, 2018, 10:01:02 AM5/6/18
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so .. to be clear -
It isn't a bug for an added part to be placed by default and unalterably automatically
where it is impossible to select, reposition, or otherwise alter that newly-placed part,
the workaround being to move the 'board' itself to where newly added parts land.
BTW this behavior is manifest when 'all' layers, tOrigins and bOrigins inclusive, are on.
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It isn't a bug for an added part to be placed by default and unalterably automatically
where it is impossible to select, reposition, or otherwise alter that newly-placed part,
the workaround being to move the 'board' itself to where newly added parts land.
BTW this behavior is manifest when 'all' layers, tOrigins and bOrigins inclusive, are on.
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To view any images and attachments in this post, visit:
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