Rename a Library

Am 19.05.2011 08:23, schrieb Marvin Dawson:

I want to rename our library, but after renaming the .lbr file and

marking it for USE, all devices on schematics and boards still reference

the old library name, which does not exist (renamed).

Is there a way to edit/rename the library name stored in the schematics

and board files?

REPLACING all components from the new filename is extremely tedious and

prone to error.

As soon as you are ADDing a component to the schematic the whole library

definition will be transferred into the schematic file, including the

file name of the library. So you can work with the

schematic and even create the board without having library files

in the background.

Changing the name of a library has no effect on schematic and board.

For your purpose you could use the UPDATE command:

UPDATE old_library_name = new_library_name;

From the help of the update command:

When used with old_library_name = new_library_name (note that there has

to be at least one blank before and after the '=' character), the UPDATE

command locates the library named old_library_name in the current board

or schematic, and updates it with the contents of new_library_name. Note

that old_library_name must be the pure library name, without any path,

while new_library_name may be a full path name. If the update was

performed successfully, the library in the current board/schematic file

will also be renamed accordingly - therefore this whole operation is, of

course, only possible if new_library_name has not yet been used in the

current board or schematic.

HTH

--

Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

Richard Hammerl

  CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

  FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

Richard Hammerl wrote:

Am 19.05.2011 08:23, schrieb Marvin Dawson:

>> I want to rename our library, but after renaming the .lbr file and

>> marking it for USE, all devices on schematics and boards still reference

>> the old library name, which does not exist (renamed).

>> Is there a way to edit/rename the library name stored in the schematics

>> and board files?

>> REPLACING all components from the new filename is extremely tedious and

>> prone to error.

 

As soon as you are ADDing a component to the schematic the whole library

definition will be transferred into the schematic file, including the

file name of the library. So you can work with the

schematic and even create the board without having library files

in the background.

Changing the name of a library has no effect on schematic and board.

 

For your purpose you could use the UPDATE command:

 

UPDATE old_library_name = new_library_name;

 

From the help of the update command:

When used with old_library_name = new_library_name (note that there has

to be at least one blank before and after the '=' character), the UPDATE

command locates the library named old_library_name in the current board

or schematic, and updates it with the contents of new_library_name. Note

that old_library_name must be the pure library name, without any path,

while new_library_name may be a full path name. If the update was

performed successfully, the library in the current board/schematic file

will also be renamed accordingly - therefore this whole operation is, of

course, only possible if new_library_name has not yet been used in the

current board or schematic.

 

HTH

 

>

THANKS>  The UPDATE old_library_name = new_library_name; works fine.

I missed it when searching the Help file.  We had appended an @ sign to

the beginning of our library name in order to move it to the top of the

list for ease of use, but the @name.lbr caused problems with the normal

UPDATE command.

~Marvin