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EAGLE Setup
There are a few nuances for using EAGLE that may not be immediate.
We are switching over to kicad for new designs, but since all our old designs are in EAGLE it still may be useful to have it install if you are working with old boards and want to look at the schematic. Kicad does have a eagle converter, but it is not 100% accurate.
The default method of panning around in EAGLE is garbage. I recommend setting ctrl click.
In the EAGLE command prompt. (text bar on the top of the program)
set Interface.UseCtrlForPanning 1
EAGLE has a few sets of directories that are used to make opening projects and libraries easier.
In the EAGLE control panel, select Options->Directories..., and you can edit the default directory locations or add new ones.
This option adds directories to the Directories sub tab in the control panel. This is a convenient way to organize your design directories. I recommend add the pcb_designs folder to this so you have easy access from EAGLE.
This does the same thing as the above. I recommend adding pcb_designs/eagle_libs to this.