Led Placement Eaglecad

[Reno]

Hi I have designed a LED vu meter in eaglecad to replicate a traditional analog vu meter. However I am having problems laying the leds in a semi circle.
I have tried to use the RUN ULP but have had no luck, and would really appreciated if someone could hep me out thanks.

P.S Here are some links and a pic to what I am talking about

 

[JonSea]

Check out this post on Digital DIY. It explains how to use ComponentArray-3 ULP. It will do exactly what your after.

 

[Ian Rogers]

GeesH! Jon.. where have you been??? Good to see you helping out again!!

 

[JonSea]

Thanks. I take a look now and then and help out when I can.

 

[Reno]

Thanks for the reply I will check it out

 

[jpanhalt]

Reno, Jon's suggestion is good for circular and rectangular arrangements. For arbitrary designs (e.g., a pcb to fit in a particular enclosure with cutouts), there is a dxf import utility called: import-dxf-1_6.ulp . I am not sure whether that is included in ver. 7.3. For 7.2 and before, you need to download it from cadsoftusa or a site appropriate for where you are. That version incorporates all of the current improvements. You can import into any layer, but I usually use "dimension" and then change as needed. Dimensions are very accurate -- I hate the 8 decimals or whatever is used in Eagle 7.0+. You also want your cad program in inches and import into inches. If your cad is in mm and your board is in inches, you will get a scale of 1 mm = 1", which wastes a lot of board space.

John