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Is there a way to convert back to Eagle 5 format?

ClaveFremen

I didn't make backup copy of a project I'm working on not expecting problems from the new 6.0 version...

 

Sadly there are problems that are preventing me to continue with Eagle 6, is there a way to convert back .brd and .sch back to Eagle 5 format?

 

Or has been the RCL capacitors problem listed in known and urgent problems to be fixed?

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    Element 14 User wrote on Sun, 18 December 2011 19:54

    I didn't make backup copy

     

    Duh!  It is common for new versions of software to be able to read data

    files from old versions but only write the new format.  Even if you weren't

    somehow aware that Eagle 6 uses a totally new XML based format, it would

    have been smart to archive a snapshot before upgrading.

     

    In any case, just restore to your latest regular backup as Tilmann said.

    You do make regular backups, right?

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    Element 14 User wrote on Sun, 18 December 2011 19:54

    I didn't make backup copy

     

    Duh!  It is common for new versions of software to be able to read data

    files from old versions but only write the new format.  Even if you weren't

    somehow aware that Eagle 6 uses a totally new XML based format, it would

    have been smart to archive a snapshot before upgrading.

     

    In any case, just restore to your latest regular backup as Tilmann said.

    You do make regular backups, right?

    --

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

     

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    On 12/19/2011 7:51 AM, Olin Lathrop wrote:

    Element 14 User wrote on Sun, 18 December 2011 19:54

    >> I didn't make backup copy

     

    Duh!  It is common for new versions of software to be able to read data

    files from old versions but only write the new format.  Even if you weren't

    somehow aware that Eagle 6 uses a totally new XML based format, it would

    have been smart to archive a snapshot before upgrading.

     

    In any case, just restore to your latest regular backup as Tilmann said.

    You do make regular backups, right?

     

    Yes and no.  AutoCAD and most Microsoft products have options to save as

    earlier versions.  That being said, backups are essential.  I use

    Crashplan http://www.crashplan.com/ to backup my files & libraries to

    both my home computer and their cloud storage (paid version).  It is

    real easy to use and so far has been very reliable.  You have access to

    different versions of your files, not just the latest one.  It's similar

    to more popular ones like Carbonite but is cheaper and more flexible.

    Just a suggestion (I don't work for them!)

     

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    John Friede wrote on Mon, 19 December 2011 16:22

    Yes and no.  AutoCAD and most Microsoft products have options to save

    as earlier versions.

     

    Yes, some software can do that.  But enough software doesn't, and then

    there can always be bugs, that relying on that is just stupid.  People that

    don't do backups deserve to have their data deleted, and it usually works

    out that way eventually.

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