Open Sch & Brd files together

Travis G wrote on Thu, 25 February 2010 13:29

A file manager is for viewing files, and whatever document creating

software is for creating documents, and Eagle is for designing

Electronics. I don't want a swiss army eagle.

I totally agree.  I want CadSoft concentrating on making electronic design

with Eagle better.  I already have plenty of other tools to help me write

documents, edit firmware, etc.

Quote:

I don't know why some of you organize your files the way you do....

Here's what I do and it works quite well:

I do it even more stripped down in the Eagle directory.  Basically, I only

keep Eagle stuff in the Eagle tree.  I keep my own eagle directory, which

is separate from the Eagle installation directory.  The Eagle installation

directory is only for stuff that comes from CadSoft.  All my own stuff goes

into my own Eagle directory, and all the search paths for ULPs, libraries,

etc, only look in my own eagle directory.

One of my eagle subdirectories is "proj".  In there are directories for

each separate customer.  Inside those are directories for each separate

board.  I use a whole directory for each version of each board.  That way

schematic, board, gerber, drill, drawing, BOM, and other files for a board

are nicely in only one place and there isn't non-board stuff there

cluttering things up.  There is rarely a nice one to one correspondence

between boards, firmware versions, host programs, etc, so only

board-related stuff goes into the board directories.  Firmware, host code,

and documentation live other places in the system and have different

organization.

Only Eagle stuff lives in the eagle tree.  This makes the Eagle control

panel actually useful for exactly what it was intended for.  I've never

wanted to open a Eagle file other than thru Eagle.  CTRL-ALT-C (my own

Windows hot key mapping) opens Eagle in a split second, then I can quickly

and easily open whatever from there using the arrow keys and ENTER from the

Eagle control panel.

I think people would have a easier time with Eagle if they tried to embrace

it for what it is and use other stuff for what it isn't.  There are way too

many ways someone could set up their own workflow and structure, and it's

not reasonable to ask Eagle to accomodate them.  Eagle does what it does

well.  Fit it into your workflow as it was meant to be.  Don't try to

modify Eagle to handle your workflow, because there will be a never ending

list of things CadSoft would have to do to appease everyone once they start

down this slippery slope.

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Travis G wrote on Thu, 25 February 2010 13:29

A file manager is for viewing files, and whatever document creating

software is for creating documents, and Eagle is for designing

Electronics. I don't want a swiss army eagle.

I totally agree.  I want CadSoft concentrating on making electronic design

with Eagle better.  I already have plenty of other tools to help me write

documents, edit firmware, etc.

Quote:

I don't know why some of you organize your files the way you do....

Here's what I do and it works quite well:

I do it even more stripped down in the Eagle directory.  Basically, I only

keep Eagle stuff in the Eagle tree.  I keep my own eagle directory, which

is separate from the Eagle installation directory.  The Eagle installation

directory is only for stuff that comes from CadSoft.  All my own stuff goes

into my own Eagle directory, and all the search paths for ULPs, libraries,

etc, only look in my own eagle directory.

One of my eagle subdirectories is "proj".  In there are directories for

each separate customer.  Inside those are directories for each separate

board.  I use a whole directory for each version of each board.  That way

schematic, board, gerber, drill, drawing, BOM, and other files for a board

are nicely in only one place and there isn't non-board stuff there

cluttering things up.  There is rarely a nice one to one correspondence

between boards, firmware versions, host programs, etc, so only

board-related stuff goes into the board directories.  Firmware, host code,

and documentation live other places in the system and have different

organization.

Only Eagle stuff lives in the eagle tree.  This makes the Eagle control

panel actually useful for exactly what it was intended for.  I've never

wanted to open a Eagle file other than thru Eagle.  CTRL-ALT-C (my own

Windows hot key mapping) opens Eagle in a split second, then I can quickly

and easily open whatever from there using the arrow keys and ENTER from the

Eagle control panel.

I think people would have a easier time with Eagle if they tried to embrace

it for what it is and use other stuff for what it isn't.  There are way too

many ways someone could set up their own workflow and structure, and it's

not reasonable to ask Eagle to accomodate them.  Eagle does what it does

well.  Fit it into your workflow as it was meant to be.  Don't try to

modify Eagle to handle your workflow, because there will be a never ending

list of things CadSoft would have to do to appease everyone once they start

down this slippery slope.

--

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