This page provides answers to questions frequently asked by Autodesk EAGLE users. General • • • • • • • • Schematic Editor • Layout Editor • • • • • • • Library • User Language • Does EAGLE run with Windows 7/8/8.1/10? EAGLE versions 6.x and 7.x are running without problems. Does EAGLE run on 64-bit Linux Systems? Yes, EAGLE is only available for 64-bit Linux distributions Where Can I Find Help and Get Information About EAGLE?

Installation code for the software After purchasing the license an email will be sent to your inbox. Attached to this email is a PDF file named “packing list”. On page 2 of the PDF file, you will find a link that shows you where to get your license data.

Copy the link into your browser. After confirming with “OK” on the first page, the second page appears.

Before Autodesk purchased EAGLE from CadSoft, a Standard license. Autodesk Moves EAGLE to Subscription Only. Mslicensing Regedit Vista. Of other files Eagle. Check item availability and take advantage of 1-hour pickup option at your store. Change Store.

There your personal installation code consisting of 10 lower-case characters is shown. Make sure to save the code as you will need it for the activation of your software later on. Press the button further down the page to download your license key file.

No start EAGLE and use license file and installation code for licensing. Please contact us if you have any question.

Tutorial Is part of the EAGLE installation and can be found in the doc folder as a pdf file. Perfect for a newbie to get familiar with EAGLE.

Manual Is also part of the EAGLE installation and available as pdf file in the doc folder. Help Function Can be used any time in EAGLE. Start it either through the Help menu, or by using the F1 key, or typing HELP in the command line of an Editor window. HELP ROUTE for example, shows the help page for the ROUTE command.

UPDATE File The EAGLE installation comes with a file named UPDATE.txt (Windows) or UPDATE (Linux, Mac) in the eagle/doc directory. This file reports about all changes made between specific releases. Should it be the case that you experience, for example after an update, some trouble with one of your usual operations in EAGLE, the reason could be some changing in the EAGLE program that ought to be documented in this file. New features and, if so, bugfixes are documented as well. Newsgroups CadSoft maintains a free news server at news://news.cadsoft.de that offers English and German speaking groups.

There you can share your experiences with other EAGLE users, put questions to the support team, or post suggestions for future releases. To use this service you need a Newsreader software. Current Version on the Web The newest official EAGLE version can be found on the CadSoft web server’s The archives can also be downloaded from the ftp server: ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/eagle/program. Beta Version on the Web If you are interested in the current beta version, you will find it at:.

The CadSoft news server news://news.cadsoft.de offers a specific group eagle.betatest which deals with questions, problems and information around the beta versions. This group is mainly kept in English. The EAGLE Project Management What is a Project?

A project in the sense of EAGLE is at first simply a folder which contains various files that belong to your current work. At all accounts the board and schematic file. Possibly one or more specific libraries, a special dru file with subtle Design Rule settings, or possibly in a subdirectory manufacturing data files, and so on.But what it makes a real project is the file eagle.epf in this folder.

EAGLE uses this file to store information about currently opened editor windows and libraries that are in use. Also specific settings made in the active editor windows or, for example, special setting for the width menu, or the recently used layer for the tracks routed in the layout with the ROUTE command.