Downgrading brd/sch from V5 -> V4

On 2008/Jun/24 8:08 AM, in article g3qo41$uhu$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de, "Richard

Hammerl" <ric@cadsoft.de> wrote:

Nick de Smith schrieb:

I've been playing with V5, and very nice it is too! (thanks guys).

 

However, I publish a few designs on the web & elsewhere, and the bottom line

is that very few Eagle users will be on V5 for some time, especially as its

a cost-option and V4.16r2 is pretty stable.

 

So, can I save/export a V5 project in V4 format, such that V4 users can work

with it? Even MS Word allows this sort of functionality. A ULP that stripped

all the V5 extras (attributes etc.) would probably be the route to take...

 

Is this possible/has it been done?

 

Thanks

 

Nick

 

 

 

EAGLE can't save the files in an older data format. Changes in the

data structure are partially irreversible and new features can't

be interpreted by older EAGLE version. This could cause losses in

your drawings.

Hi Richard,

Would it not be possible to include "Save As..." with an option to store in

an older file formats (3.5, 4.0, 4.1)?  Almost every program I know allows

for this.  Even Microsoft, the king of forced upgrades for little value has

this feature.  Given the code exists already it doesn't appear to be

technically infeasible.  I suppose it would increase the code size somewhat

but it can't be that different.  Even if it was would it matter?

This small addition would make the transition between versions easier to

deal with.  And for people like us who have customers who use different

versions of EAGLE, being able to save into different formats would allow us

to use the feature enhancements of V5 (GUI, MAC OS X native, ...) and send

files to our customers who are still using 4.x.

And by the way:

A simply written text with a few letters arranged on a sheet

can't be compared to a schematic/layout design, can it? scnr

If you mean a Word file is less complex than a PCB design, I'm not sure that

you're right.  Embedded OLE, crazy formatting, auto-numbering, ....

Cheers,

James.

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On 2008/Jun/24 8:08 AM, in article g3qo41$uhu$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de, "Richard

Hammerl" <ric@cadsoft.de> wrote:

Nick de Smith schrieb:

I've been playing with V5, and very nice it is too! (thanks guys).

 

However, I publish a few designs on the web & elsewhere, and the bottom line

is that very few Eagle users will be on V5 for some time, especially as its

a cost-option and V4.16r2 is pretty stable.

 

So, can I save/export a V5 project in V4 format, such that V4 users can work

with it? Even MS Word allows this sort of functionality. A ULP that stripped

all the V5 extras (attributes etc.) would probably be the route to take...

 

Is this possible/has it been done?

 

Thanks

 

Nick

 

 

 

EAGLE can't save the files in an older data format. Changes in the

data structure are partially irreversible and new features can't

be interpreted by older EAGLE version. This could cause losses in

your drawings.

Hi Richard,

Would it not be possible to include "Save As..." with an option to store in

an older file formats (3.5, 4.0, 4.1)?  Almost every program I know allows

for this.  Even Microsoft, the king of forced upgrades for little value has

this feature.  Given the code exists already it doesn't appear to be

technically infeasible.  I suppose it would increase the code size somewhat

but it can't be that different.  Even if it was would it matter?

This small addition would make the transition between versions easier to

deal with.  And for people like us who have customers who use different

versions of EAGLE, being able to save into different formats would allow us

to use the feature enhancements of V5 (GUI, MAC OS X native, ...) and send

files to our customers who are still using 4.x.

And by the way:

A simply written text with a few letters arranged on a sheet

can't be compared to a schematic/layout design, can it? scnr

If you mean a Word file is less complex than a PCB design, I'm not sure that

you're right.  Embedded OLE, crazy formatting, auto-numbering, ....

Cheers,

James.

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~                                          ~

~  James Morrison  ~~~  Stratford Digital  ~

~                                          ~

~  email:  sales@eagletoolkit.com          ~

~  fax:    888.701.8097                    ~

~  web:    http://www.eagletoolkit.com     ~

~                                          ~

~  Online EAGLE Dealer for US and Canada   ~

~  EAGLE Design Experts                    ~

~  EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit                ~

~                                          ~

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