{"id":675,"date":"2017-04-03T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2023-09-26T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T22:07:40","slug":"library-basics-part-1-creating-first-package-autodesk-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/library-basics-part-1-creating-first-package-autodesk-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Basics Part 1: Creating Your First Package in Autodesk EAGLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Library Basics Part 1: Creating Your First Package in Autodesk EAGLE<\/span><\/h1>\n

Greetings, Pirates, and welcome to the Library Basics Series! If you\u2019re having trouble finding the parts you need in all of the free libraries that come with Autodesk EAGLE, then you\u2019ve come to the right place. Parts form the foundation of all our electronic designs, and by learning to create your own, you\u2019ll level up your engineering skills significantly. But making your personal parts isn\u2019t easy. It requires plenty of patience to become a datasheet detective, and you\u2019ll need an excellent attention to detail to make sure you\u2019ve placed your pads precisely.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you up for the challenge?<\/span><\/p>\n

First,\u00a0The Basics<\/h2>\n

Just what is a library you ask? Great question! In Autodesk EAGLE, all of the parts that you place on your designs are stored in libraries. These provide an easy way to keep parts organized based on their category. For example, you might have a library for a general category like capacitors. Or specific communities like Sparkfun<\/a> have their own dedicated libraries that contain a variety of parts for specific projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Libraries and the parts within are connected in a simple hierarchy in Autodesk EAGLE. This makes it easy to understand how everything’s connected. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s organized:<\/span><\/p>\n