{"id":18169,"date":"2018-08-14T15:25:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T22:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2023-04-23T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T23:10:20","slug":"eagle-libraries-ui-ux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/eagle-libraries-ui-ux\/","title":{"rendered":"EAGLE Libraries UI\/UX Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eagle-libraries-uiux-improvements\"><b>EAGLE Libraries UI\/UX Improvements<\/b><\/h1>\n\n\n<p>Libraries are the heart and soul of any electronic design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you work with libraries and library assets in EAGLE desktop? Over the past year, we\u2019ve made a ton of improvements to our workspace focusing on the library and library assets integration. We want to make your experience seamless, so keep your EAGLE version up to date, and capitalize on all our best features. &nbsp;Check out some of our improvements.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"library-editor-previews\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Library Editor Previews<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hate the guesswork of trying\u00a0to decipher the device and package names.\u00a0 I always end up with a manual trial and error process of placing a component, just to see if I got it right.\u00a0 Now with\u00a0Library Editor Previews, I can quickly browse and view all the details right from the Library editor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls muted src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cesca-libraryUI-UX-Improvemements-Preview-library-ux.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"singleclick-library-import\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single-click Library Import<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>We have taken a 3 step process to import a device, Footprint or symbol, into a single-click\u00a0button action.\u00a0 Right from within the device dialog click <strong>Import&#8230;<\/strong>, then simply add the device from any other library.\u00a0 Done.\u00a0 You can do the same within the <em>Add Footprint<\/em> and <em>Add Symbol<\/em> dialogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls muted src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cesca-libraryUI-UX-import-library-partsv2Final-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"add-to-schematic\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add to Schematic<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know&#8230;this has been a long time coming.\u00a0 Why wouldn&#8217;t\u00a0you be to\u00a0add a symbol to your schematic right from the Library Editor?\u00a0 Now you can.\u00a0 Right-click, and Boom, Symbol right on your schematic!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls muted src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cesca-libraryUI-UX-Improvemements-Add-component-to-schematic.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"replace-the-packages-of-device-variants\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replace the Packages of Device Variants<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>We know it\u2019s a lot of work to set up the pin\/pad mappings and electrical attributes of a device variant, so we want to make sure you don\u2019t lose them if you need to change the variant\u2019s package. 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