topic Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs in EAGLE Forum

Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

ken — Mon, 27 May 2019 15:48:40 GMT

Sometimes I need to delete a trace or wirestub that overlaps with traces on other layers or in the case of wirestubs, that are hidden under the traces, but selecting a particular trace isn't always easy as I may end up selecting the wrong trace. Is there a way to select, then cycle through the traces till I get to the one I want to delete? In another cad program I was using I could just simply press the Tab key to cycle through the traces under the cursor. If there is no such feature, how do others handle this? Thanks.

Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

rachaelATWH4 — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:08:45 GMT

Hello,

If you have the rip tool selected and right click and there are multiple choices for objects to rip up then you will get a next option in the menu like this:

Alternatively, if you want to select from just a particular layer because you know what you don't want to select is on other layers then use the new selection filter like this:

Also, you can use the selection filter to narrow down on different object types. If you haven't used the selection filter yet I highly recommend experimenting with it and also the object inspector. Once you've figured out how they work and how to adapt your workflow to make use of them they are awesome.

Best Regards,

Rachael

Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

ken — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:26:29 GMT

That was easy. Funny, I've been using the Delete tool all this time to rip up traces, I forgot entirely about the rip-up tool. How do you show that panel with the 3 tabs (inspector, manager, filter). I looked through all my menu items and can't find this. Thanks for the help.

Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

rachaelATWH4 — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:51:52 GMT

EDIT: Corrected referenced version number to 9.4.

@ken wrote:
That was easy. Funny, I've been using the Delete tool all this time to rip up traces, I forgot entirely about the rip-up tool. How do you show that panel with the 3 tabs (inspector, manager, filter). I looked through all my menu items and can't find this. Thanks for the help.

Hi Ken,

What version of EAGLE are you using? This was new to 9.4 so if you haven't updated it may be worth looking at grabbing 9.4.1, it's got huge upgrades to the route tool as well 🙂

If you are on 9.4 already these should be available from the view menu:

Best Regards,

Rachael

Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

ken — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:38:45 GMT

I actually have 9.3.0 and there is only a Design Manager selection in the view menu, no Inspector or Filter selections as you show

Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

rachaelATWH4 — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:44:10 GMT

@ken wrote:

I actually have 9.3.0 and there is only a Design Manager selection in the view menu, no Inspector or Filter selections as you show

Yep 9.3.0 doesn't have the Selection Filter or Object Inspector. You can grab the latest 9.4.1 from here:

https://eagle-updates.circuits.io/downloads/latest.html

Best Regards,

Rachael

Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

Pieter.Jan.Van.de.Maele — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:44:38 GMT

It was actually added in 9.4.0, not 8.4.0 :). It will show up with all panels at different locations of the screen but you can drag & drop them on top of each other to create the 3 tabs like Rachael has it set up.

Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

rachaelATWH4 — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:50:24 GMT

@Pieter.Jan.Van.de.Maele wrote:

It was actually added in 9.4.0, not 8.4.0 :).

Yes it was! What is it with me always typing 8.4 instead of 9.4?

Re: Selecting traces that overlap to delete wirestubs

ken — Mon, 27 May 2019 16:50:23 GMT

Thank you both for your help. Makes life much easier!