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Library management commands

larsen

I am evaluating the tool but after a short while of use I am having serious problems managing my self-made library.

 

How do I - inside a library:

 

Delete, Rename or Copy a: symbol, device or package?

 

It is _so_ easy to create new items (this has a prominent place in the select dialog), but it is difficult to rename or get rid of them again.

The remove/ rename command seems not to function or more likely I dont use it properly yet I follow the manual page 271. It fails saying that it cant find the item, yet it is there for sure.

 

Without this maintenace functionalty my library rapidly becomes messy and cloged up.

 

Hope for some hints.

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    You don't say if you are using version 5.x or 6 - at least in version 5.12,

    if I open my library, click package and select the one I want to rename,

    this brings it up in the library editor window.  Then, if I click Library

    on the menu, the menu that comes up has a number of options.  Two of them

    are "Remove" and "Rename".  I have used both previously and they worked for

    me.  Have not tried it in 6 yet (still learning it myself - I have enough

    bugs without running into Eagle bugs  :lol:

     

    mikey

     

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    Il 11/02/2012 07:10, Mike Fields ha scritto:

     

    You don't say if you are using version 5.x or 6 - at least in version 5.12,

    if I open my library, click package and select the one I want to rename,

    this brings it up in the library editor window.  Then, if I click Library

    on the menu, the menu that comes up has a number of options.  Two of them

    are "Remove" and "Rename".  I have used both previously and they worked for

    me.  Have not tried it in 6 yet (still learning it myself - I have enough

    bugs without running into Eagle bugs  :lol:

     

     

    I add here a question related to this topic.

     

    Is there a way to remove or move between libraries multiple components?

    I complain the lack of a interactive tree-view of the library(-ies)

    contents.

     

    It would be very handy to select multiple items and remove all together.

    Or move them to another library.

     

    Some time ago I spent several hours to remove one-by-one about one

    hundred of devices, symbols and packages while a multiple selection

    would have taken a couple of seconds.

     

    Please, consider to improve the library management. You should know that

    an electronic designer spends half time on the circuit and the other

    half on the libraries!

     

    Marco

     

     

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    Il 11/02/2012 07:10, Mike Fields ha scritto:

     

    You don't say if you are using version 5.x or 6 - at least in version 5.12,

    if I open my library, click package and select the one I want to rename,

    this brings it up in the library editor window.  Then, if I click Library

    on the menu, the menu that comes up has a number of options.  Two of them

    are "Remove" and "Rename".  I have used both previously and they worked for

    me.  Have not tried it in 6 yet (still learning it myself - I have enough

    bugs without running into Eagle bugs  :lol:

     

     

    I add here a question related to this topic.

     

    Is there a way to remove or move between libraries multiple components?

    I complain the lack of a interactive tree-view of the library(-ies)

    contents.

     

    It would be very handy to select multiple items and remove all together.

    Or move them to another library.

     

    Some time ago I spent several hours to remove one-by-one about one

    hundred of devices, symbols and packages while a multiple selection

    would have taken a couple of seconds.

     

    Please, consider to improve the library management. You should know that

    an electronic designer spends half time on the circuit and the other

    half on the libraries!

     

    Marco

     

     

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