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Changing Eagle directory structure?

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Former Member over 10 years ago

I'm using Eagle 6.6.0 for OS X.

 

My goal is to organize all files related to a project in a single directory.  Most of my tools don't care where files are placed, but Eagle seems to force a directory structure:

 

eagle

   Project 1

      Project 1's files

      ...

   Project 2

      Project 2's files

      ...

 

That's been fine for years now, but I'd really like to restructure things like:

 

Project 1

   Eagle

      Only Eagle related files for Project 1

      ...

   Documentation

      Stuff for other utilities; Eagle doesn't care what's in here

      ...

   Misc

      More stuff Eagle doesn't care about

      ...

Project 2

   Eagle

      Only Eagle related files for Project 1

      ...

   Documentation

      Stuff for other utilities; Eagle doesn't care what's in here

      ...

   Misc

      More stuff Eagle doesn't care about

      ...

 

 

Maybe this is easily done with Eagle and I simply haven't figured it out.  About the best I can come up with is:

 

eagle

   Project 1

      Project 1

         Eagle related files

      Documentation

         ...

      Misc

         ...

   Project 2

      Project 2

         Eagle related files

      Documentation

         ...

      Misc

         ...

 

 

That works but is too Eagle-centric.  Eagle is just one tool, not the only tool, and I don't like organizing files around one tool's method of naming directories.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

 

Bob

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  • clem57
    0 clem57 over 10 years ago

    I would look at symlinks under OS x to accomplish what you want.

    Clem

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  • rachaelp
    0 rachaelp over 10 years ago

    I just ignore Eagle projects totally. I create the .sch and .brd files in a directory of my choosing and open them up directly as required. I don't see that the project structure and the project file Eagle creates is of much use, not to my workflow anyway, others may find it more useful but I don't.

     

    Best Regards,


    Rachael

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  • piranha
    0 piranha over 10 years ago

    Set up your directories, so your folders and files are seen automatically by Eagle.

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