{"id":147,"date":"2016-04-05T21:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T03:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/?p=147"},"modified":"2016-04-05T21:09:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T03:09:19","slug":"eagle-keyboard-commands-for-showing-and-hiding-layers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Keyboard Commands for Showing and Hiding Layers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a short post but one that I think a few people might find useful: CadSoft EAGLE keyboard commands\/shortcuts (strangely found under the &#8220;Assign&#8221; menu in Eagle) to show and hide the Top and Bottom layers independently. I&#8217;ve also got one to show all layers, top and bottom. Note that you can change any\u00a0key a command is bound to when you set up the &#8220;assignment&#8221; in Eagle.<\/p>\n<p>To set a shortcut in Eagle, choose\u00a0<strong>Options\u00a0\u2192 Assign&#8230;.<\/strong> and press the\u00a0<strong>New<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.54.04-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"148\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=148\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.54.04-PM.png?fit=229%2C129\" data-orig-size=\"229,129\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-05 at 8.54.04 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.54.04-PM.png?fit=229%2C129\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.54.04-PM.png?fit=229%2C129\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.54.04-PM.png?resize=229%2C129\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-05 at 8.54.04 PM\" width=\"229\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<strong>+<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.56.32-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-149\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"149\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=149\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.56.32-PM.png?fit=244%2C58\" data-orig-size=\"244,58\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-05 at 8.56.32 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.56.32-PM.png?fit=244%2C58\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.56.32-PM.png?fit=244%2C58\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.56.32-PM.png?resize=244%2C58\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-05 at 8.56.32 PM\" width=\"244\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Once in the menu, choose the key you want the assignment to bind to, along with any modifier keys (Alt, Shift, etc). I chose Alt+0 for showing the bottom layer only, Alt+1 for the top layer only, and F12 for all top and bottom layers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.55.16-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-150\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"150\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=150\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.55.16-PM.png?fit=384%2C256\" data-orig-size=\"384,256\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-05 at 8.55.16 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.55.16-PM.png?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.55.16-PM.png?fit=384%2C256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.55.16-PM.png?resize=384%2C256\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-05 at 8.55.16 PM\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.55.16-PM.png?w=384 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-8.55.16-PM.png?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the three Eagle commands for Top, Bottom, and All layers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top only:\u00a0<strong>display none; display 1 17 18 19 20 21 23 25 27 29 39 41 45 51;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bottom only:\u00a0<strong>display none; display 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 26 28 30 40 42 45 52;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>All (Top and Bottom):\u00a0<strong>display none; display 1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 39 40 41 42 45 51 52;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A bit time consuming to implement, but they&#8217;ll save you tons of time once you&#8217;re actually doing a layout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a short post but one that I think a few people might find useful: CadSoft EAGLE keyboard commands\/shortcuts (strangely found under the &#8220;Assign&#8221; menu in Eagle) to show and hide the Top and Bottom layers independently. I&#8217;ve also got one to show all layers, top and bottom. Note that you can change any\u00a0key a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/?p=147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eagle Keyboard Commands for Showing and Hiding Layers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[41,30,35,31,39,36,38,37,33,32,34,40],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electrical-engineering","tag-bottom-layer","tag-cadsoft","tag-commands","tag-eagle","tag-hide-layers","tag-keyboard","tag-keyboard-commands","tag-keyboard-shortcuts","tag-layout","tag-pcbs-design","tag-shortcuts","tag-top-layer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-9.08.08-PM.png?fit=652%2C320","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p755Zm-2n","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blog.jay-greco.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}