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Eagle 6 lbr conversion?

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Hi,

 

I recently had to go back down to Eagle 5, as 6 would constantly crash during layouts and now my custom libraries no longer work in 5. Has 6 done some sort of conversion on them? And if so, does anyone know of a way to get them working back in 5?

 

Thanks,

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    Am 17.04.2012 12:20, schrieb Matthew Edwards:

    I recently had to go back down to Eagle 5, as 6 would constantly crash during layouts and now my custom libraries no longer work in 5. Has 6 done some sort of conversion on them?

     

    By default, nearly EVERY new version of nearly EVERY software on earth

    changes its file format to adjust for new program features. EAGLE is no

    exception: The file format from version 6 cannot be read back in version

    5 (or from 5 to 4, or 4 to 3, etc.).

     

    > And if so, does anyone know of a way to get them working back in 5?

     

    If there are no backups of the old versions, you are in a lot of

    trouble, because EAGLE doesn't support the saving in old file formats.

    With LOTS of work, you can do the following:

     

      1. With EAGLE 6, export the library as a script file. This script

         file can NOT be read directly with EAGLE 5, because it contains

         functions not available in version 5 (e.g., text alignments).

      2. With a text editor, search for these new functions and throw

         them out of the script file.

      3. In EAGLE 5, create a NEW library and execute the changed script

         file there. If no new functions are available in the script,

         the library (minus thosw new functions) should be reconstructed.

         Save the newly created library under the name of choice.

      4. This needs to be done with ALL relevant libraries separately.

     

    For convenience, NEVER, EVER, start using ANY new software without

    keeping backups of all the older files - you might need them later on.

    Only after using the new software version for, say, about a year, you

    can think about throwing the old files away. Before EAGLE 5, you could

    use more or less ANY new EAGLE version without problems, because it was

    so extremely correct and stable. Unfortunately, since version 5, the

    update situation is not better than with other software - too bad...

     

    Andreas Weidner

     

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    Matthew Edwards wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 06:20

    Has 6 done some sort of conversion on them?

     

    What cave have you been living in for the last year?  Yes, Eagle 6 uses

    totally different file formats.  In general, new versions can read old

    files, but old versions can't read new files.  Eagle 6 is no different.

     

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    And if so, does anyone know of a way to get them working back in 5?

     

    I don't think so.  Just go back to your old libraries.

     

    Maybe you can export some things to scripts, then run those scripts on

    Eagle 5, but there are probably problems with this.

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