Storing custom made lbr files

Am 01.11.2012 08:09, schrieb Stefan Olsson:

Hi

 

I have both EAGLE-6.2.0 and EAGLE-6.3.0 installed on my Windows 7 platform.

Over the time I have made a number of .lbr files with both EAGLE versions.

Nowdays I only use EAGLE-6.3.0.

I create designs with components form libraries I have created with both versions of EAGLE.

The parameter "Libraries" in the "Directory" menu is set to "$EAGLEDIR\lbr"

 

Do a newer EAGLE version search older installed EGALE versions /lbr directory for .lbr files ?

Do EAGLE "move around" custom made .lbr files when it is installed ?

 

If a do a search for one of my files, hartman.lbr, I can not find it, neither in C:\Program Files (x86)\EAGLE-6.2.0 or in C:\Program Files (x86)\EAGLE-6.3.0 but if I do "Open library" in EAGLE-6.3.0 and move to C:\Program Files (x86)\EAGLE-6.2.0\lbr EAGLE it will find the file and I can open it ??

 

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Regards Stefan

 

Eagle-6.3.0 is a newer version and may contain updated libraries and

some other corrections.

If you have created your own devices you should put them into your own

libraries and place them into a different directory.

Otherwise if you update eagle into the same directory the libraries will

be overwritten and your work is lost.

You must add the path to your own libraries in the control panel

/options /directories and separate it from existing entry by a semicolon.

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

Joern Paschedag

Hi

I do understand that and I try to archive this, but I can not find the files I have created, but EAGLE do.

An example.

I have created a library, hartman.lbr:

This library I can open up within EAGLE by doing doing "Open library" but when I try to find the actual file it is nowhere to be found,

neither in

C:\Program Files (x86)\EAGLE-6.2.0\lbr

or in

C:\Program Files (x86)\EAGLE-6.3.0\lbr

So, my question is/was, is EAGLE moving the library files around on it's own, do it concatenate library files when newer versions of EAGLE is installed etc.

Reagrds

Am 01.11.2012 09:36, schrieb Stefan Olsson:

Hi

 

I do understand that and I try to archive this, but I can not find the files I have created, but EAGLE do.

 

An example.

 

I have created a library, hartman.lbr:

 

This library I can open up within EAGLE by doing doing "Open library" but when I try to find the actual file it is nowhere to be found,

 

neither in

C:\Program Files (x86)\EAGLE-6.2.0\lbr

or in

C:\Program Files (x86)\EAGLE-6.3.0\lbr

 

So, my question is/was, is EAGLE moving the library files around on it's own, do it concatenate library files when newer versions of EAGLE is installed etc.

 

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Reagrds

 

No, why should eagle?

The variable $EAGLEDIR depends on system. Why don't you set a real path?

If you can open your "hartman.lbr" from an eagle sheet/board you should

be able to move up the path to your actual directory.

If this doesn't work start a file search with your operating systen.

Also check that the library is "in use".

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

Joern Paschedag

OK, so along the lines of what Richard says (and others have mentioned),

you user modified/created libs should be somewhere else the user has access

to.  Does anyone have a preferred data structure ?  I notice in W7, when

Eagle 6.3 is installed, it creates a default location for projects under

the users path ( C:\Users\mikey\Documents\eagle\ ).  Two questions come up

in my mind since I am just getting things setup on my machine - is it best

to create a "libs" folder under the C:\Users\mikey\Documents\eagle\ path (

C:\Users\mikey\Documents\eagle\my-libs for example)?  How about 3rd party

libraries like the sparkfun or adafruit libs - put them in the same

"my-libs" folder or put them in a different folder (but still under the

users path)?  What has worked best for folks ?  I realize that in the past

many people just put them in the same library as the Eagle installed libs,

however, as we have seen, that is not a good plan (and Windows is working

to help us figure a better plan) for a number of reasons. It would be nice

to have a consensus on where to put extra libs.

When you add a folder to the search path for libs in eagle, does it just

search that folder or does it search sub-folders within that specified

folder ?

mikey

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Definitely agree with Richard's comment.  Best solution is to have your own

libraries in your own user space and as he suggests, leave the Eagle

libraries as read-only.  One thing that I think could be helpful is for the

Eagle install process to put a 00_README.txt file in the library directory

briefly describing this issue and the suggested way of storing libraries -

from my searching, I have found many folks that a) don't know the best way

to edit library parts and b) are not sure where to put libraries they have

created.  The UAC thing is certainly not Eagles problem, but it does catch

people un-aware who are used to older versions of windows or other OS's

since the problem comes down to the files not being where you think they

are (like soft links in the Unix world).

mikey

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Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

Definitely agree with Richard's comment.  Best solution is to have your own

libraries in your own user space and as he suggests, leave the Eagle

libraries as read-only.  One thing that I think could be helpful is for the

Eagle install process to put a 00_README.txt file in the library directory

briefly describing this issue and the suggested way of storing libraries -

from my searching, I have found many folks that a) don't know the best way

to edit library parts and b) are not sure where to put libraries they have

created.  The UAC thing is certainly not Eagles problem, but it does catch

people un-aware who are used to older versions of windows or other OS's

since the problem comes down to the files not being where you think they

are (like soft links in the Unix world).

mikey

--

Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

OK, so along the lines of what Richard says (and others have mentioned),

you user modified/created libs should be somewhere else the user has access

to.  Does anyone have a preferred data structure ?  I notice in W7, when

Eagle 6.3 is installed, it creates a default location for projects under

the users path ( C:\Users\mikey\Documents\eagle\ ).  Two questions come up

in my mind since I am just getting things setup on my machine - is it best

to create a "libs" folder under the C:\Users\mikey\Documents\eagle\ path (

C:\Users\mikey\Documents\eagle\my-libs for example)?  How about 3rd party

libraries like the sparkfun or adafruit libs - put them in the same

"my-libs" folder or put them in a different folder (but still under the

users path)?  What has worked best for folks ?  I realize that in the past

many people just put them in the same library as the Eagle installed libs,

however, as we have seen, that is not a good plan (and Windows is working

to help us figure a better plan) for a number of reasons. It would be nice

to have a consensus on where to put extra libs.

When you add a folder to the search path for libs in eagle, does it just

search that folder or does it search sub-folders within that specified

folder ?

mikey

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Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.