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How to copy and paste layout section

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Hello,

 

I know how to copy and paste sections of the schematic in eagle.  But is there some way to do the reverse, to copy and past a section of the layout?  When I copy and past sections on the schematic all the parts wind up in the pile at the bottom of the layout, of course, and have to be re-laid out.  I would like to preserve the layout too while copying and pasting sections of the schematic.

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    On 4/13/2013 8:01 PM, Bob Johnson wrote:

    Hello,

     

    I know how to copy and paste sections of the schematic in eagle.  But is

    there some way to do the reverse, to copy and past a section of the

    layout?  When I copy and past sections on the schematic all the parts

    wind up in the pile at the bottom of the layout, of course, and have to

    be re-laid out.  I would like to preserve the layout too while copying

    and pasting sections of the schematic.

     

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    Hi Bob,

     

    If you're using V6.4.0 use the File -> Import -> EAGLE Drawing command.

    This allows you to import an existing board/schematic pair maintaining

    the layout and consistency.

     

    So what you would do is you would draw one copy as it's own board and

    schematic pair. You would then in a fresh project use the above command

    to copy it into your new designs as much as you want.

     

    Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

     

    Best Regards,

    Jorge Garcia

     

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    Hello Jorge,

     

    Thank you for the answer!  Sorry about the delayed reply.  That info will be useful to make essentially small "subcircuits" in the future that could be imported into a larger project.  In my cas I have a fairly large layout already, 80mm x 160mm, and want to copy and past just a small section, maybe a dozen parts or so out of hundreds in the project.  I could probaby make a copy of the project, delete all the parts I don't want, then import and small section, but that sounds like it would be more work than just re-laying out the small section.

     

    Knowing about the importing I'm going to make a few standard subcircuits that I use that I can import when needed.  Very useful!