Add command - drop button and tree

dsage wrote on Fri, 25 September 2009 11:49

I pressed the ADD icon and searched for a DIL package. Obviously lots of

libraries got expanded in the library tree view.

 

1) How do you shrink the tree again back to normal short of pressing a

thousand buttons on all the libraries tha tgot opened?

Hi Dave,

The libraries in the Add dialog are controlled with the "use" command.

See "help use" for more info, note you can use wildcards.

Quote:

2)On some package in the middle of a library I pressed the "DROP"

button. What did that do? Did I delete something from the library that was

selected? I didn't see the part "dropped" into my board layout which s what

I thought it might do. SOmething changed in the tree view when I did it.

The "drop" button removes the selected library from the currently used

libraries.  So it is a graphical interface to the use command.  But if you

have a lot to do you're better to use the command line:

use -*;

use abc*;

The above will remove all libraries from use and add back only those that

start with "abc".  So the libraries abc1.lbr and abc3.lbr would be added,

but not abz.lbr.

I'd highly suggest copying any component you use to your own library

(under revision control) and then you only add parts out of your library.

And keep that library outside of the install directory.

Now you use the command "use -*;use mylib" and then the add dialog will

only have your library and you don't have to wait  the 10-20 seconds for

all the libraries that come with CadSoft to load into the add dialog every

time you add a part.

Of course, if you want the libraries back to help find something then it's

easy, simply type "use *" into the command line and every library in your

library path will be added to the add dialog.  Which reminds me, you need

to have the directory with mylib.lbr added to the library path in Control

Panel.

Hope that all helps...

Cheers,

James.

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dsage wrote on Fri, 25 September 2009 11:49

I pressed the ADD icon and searched for a DIL package. Obviously lots of

libraries got expanded in the library tree view.

 

1) How do you shrink the tree again back to normal short of pressing a

thousand buttons on all the libraries tha tgot opened?

Hi Dave,

The libraries in the Add dialog are controlled with the "use" command.

See "help use" for more info, note you can use wildcards.

Quote:

2)On some package in the middle of a library I pressed the "DROP"

button. What did that do? Did I delete something from the library that was

selected? I didn't see the part "dropped" into my board layout which s what

I thought it might do. SOmething changed in the tree view when I did it.

The "drop" button removes the selected library from the currently used

libraries.  So it is a graphical interface to the use command.  But if you

have a lot to do you're better to use the command line:

use -*;

use abc*;

The above will remove all libraries from use and add back only those that

start with "abc".  So the libraries abc1.lbr and abc3.lbr would be added,

but not abz.lbr.

I'd highly suggest copying any component you use to your own library

(under revision control) and then you only add parts out of your library.

And keep that library outside of the install directory.

Now you use the command "use -*;use mylib" and then the add dialog will

only have your library and you don't have to wait  the 10-20 seconds for

all the libraries that come with CadSoft to load into the add dialog every

time you add a part.

Of course, if you want the libraries back to help find something then it's

easy, simply type "use *" into the command line and every library in your

library path will be added to the add dialog.  Which reminds me, you need

to have the directory with mylib.lbr added to the library path in Control

Panel.

Hope that all helps...

Cheers,

James.

--

James Morrison  ~~~  Stratford Digital

email:  james@eaglecentral.ca

web: http://www.eaglecentral.ca

Specialising in CadSoft EAGLE

• Online Sales to North America

• Electronic Design Services

• EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit

--

Browser access to CadSoft Support Forums at http://www.eaglecentral.ca