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Copying Library Symbols

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Hi All,

 

I'm a new Eagle user, and I'm trying to make a custom library of the parts

I will be using the most. I'd like to take some of the existing symbols

(only) from libraries supplied with Eagle, and use them to create my own

library. I will be making the package, and device definitions myself while

using the these existing symbols.

 

Is this possible? It appears (from browsing the forum) that symbols are

somehow unique, and may need a 'Group-Copy-Paste' approach rather than a

'Right-click & Save to Library' or 'Drag-n-Drop' approach, but I have been

able to make anything work yet!

 

Thanks,

 

John

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  • Hi All,

     

    Well, I'm surely an Eagle new guy, but that method worked like a charm!

     

    BTW, here are the steps I took to do this in case it might help someone

    else:

     

    1. Open the existing library that contains the symbol(s) you want to

    extract.

    2. Enter the command 'Export', and specify the file type as 'Script'.

    Specify the filename and location (I used the Windows Desktop).

    3. Rename the created file (will have a .scr extension) to have a '.txt'

    extension for easy editing.

    4. Edit the file and remove all elements with a '.pak' (package data) and

    '.dev' (device data) type.

    5. Save the file, and change the extension back to '.scr'.

    6. Open a New library, and enter the command 'Script', and point to the

    edited file to import.

     

    Thanks,

     

    John

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  • in reply to Former Member

    <jmorley@endeavour-usa.com> wrote in message

    news:ik8kr4$tk9$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

    Hi All,

     

    Well, I'm surely an Eagle new guy, but that method worked like a charm!

     

    I stand corrected

     

    You can save yourself the trouble of renaming the file by installing

    Notepad+. Right clicking on any file allows you to open it with Notepad+

    directly. This is not Windows notepad (as I had mistakenly thought

    originally) but a free open source editing tool. Many of us choose to use

    this as the text editor in place of Eagle's default editor.  Search this

    group for 'external text editor' for how to setup.

    Notepad++ can be downloaded from http://notepad-plus-plus.org/release/5.8.7

    There is a spell checker that can be added too.

     

     

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