Draw Electronic Schematics with CadSoft EAGLE

Step 14: Neaten things up

We can make things a bit neater by moving some of the components, junctions, and wires around just a BIT using the Move button. When you select an object after clicking the move button, the object gets attached to your mouse pointer and behaves like when you were adding objects with respect to the other mouse buttons.

Comments

[abraxas2]

Ok but how do we move a whole cluster of components. ? I tried group followed by move but no joy. By some miracle and a lot of attempts, I managed to combine two schematics and need to move one relative to the other. Thanks for this great tutorial, by the way. It is appreciated.

[adrenalynn]

Did this get answered for you? In 5.x, you use the group (select box, rubber-band box, marching ants, what-have-you) to select the components, then select the move tool. Now - _look at the status line_ - it tells you that CNTRL + RIGHT-CLICK moves the group. Hope that helps!

[abraxas2]

OK I got it but damned if I remember how. I think I used the group command, highlighted the cluster of components and then right clicked on the selected cluster and saw a pop up saying move and right clicked again. I don't want to mess with it by doing it again. Maybe you can verify the steps ??

[westfw]

After you use the group command and right-click somewhere within the group, you should either pick up the whole group for moving, or get a pop-up menu with separate options for "move" and "move group." (when do you get one, and when do you get the other? I'm not sure...)