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Eagle: to "mirror" or not to "mirror"?

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earckens

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A double sided pcb requires two SMD capacitors to be mounted on the bottom side. In the "package" page I can specify the layers (1.top or 16.bottom) where each element (silkscreen, pad, mask) must be.
Do/can/may I use these settings for a specific device so that the .brd layout always assigns this device to the bottom?
Or do (have to?) I make a regular device and use mirror when designing the .brd file?

Erik
 
Lay out all your packages for the top layer, then mirror when necessary to put it on the bottom.
 
The main one is it's easier to work "right side up" than in a reversed view. Plus, there's no reason to have "top" components and "bottom" components.
 
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