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create project from exist ing .sch and .brd files?

gpsmikey

Greetings - clearly I am using the wrong keyword search - it must be a

simple process.  For example, on Github, there is a .sch and .brd file for

the Adafruit Huzzah board.  I can download the files, but I can't find the

incantation to create a project from the two files.  I can create a project

easily and I can copy the two files into the project folder, but the

project does not seem to know about the files.  It is easy to find info on

creating a new schematic in a project, but I have not been able to find how

to import the existing files into the project so it sees them.  (I have the

non-profit license).

 

Thanks!

Mike Fields

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  • On 08/11/16 02:40, Mike Fields wrote:

    I can download the files, but I can't find the

    incantation to create a project from the two files.  I can create a project

    easily and I can copy the two files into the project folder, but the

    project does not seem to know about the files.

     

    Really? So you've created a new project in Eagle, which creates a folder

    on your disk, then you put the two files in that folder and... the

    control panel can't see them? When you expand the project folder, it's

    empty?

     

    If so, you are running Windows and Microsoft have shafted you. It's to

    do with fake folders and things not being where you think they are. The

    best bet is to change Eagle's default storage locations to a part of the

    disk that isn't affected by that catastrophe, such as a new folder in

    c:\work\eagle (don't use "My Documents" or "Program Data" or any of

    those pre-existing pseudo-locations).

     

    IF the files do appear, then follow these two complex steps:

    - activate the project (click on the grey dot so it goes green)

    - double-click on the schematic

    OK, they weren't all that complex, were they.

     

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  • On 08/11/16 02:40, Mike Fields wrote:

    I can download the files, but I can't find the

    incantation to create a project from the two files.  I can create a project

    easily and I can copy the two files into the project folder, but the

    project does not seem to know about the files.

     

    Really? So you've created a new project in Eagle, which creates a folder

    on your disk, then you put the two files in that folder and... the

    control panel can't see them? When you expand the project folder, it's

    empty?

     

    If so, you are running Windows and Microsoft have shafted you. It's to

    do with fake folders and things not being where you think they are. The

    best bet is to change Eagle's default storage locations to a part of the

    disk that isn't affected by that catastrophe, such as a new folder in

    c:\work\eagle (don't use "My Documents" or "Program Data" or any of

    those pre-existing pseudo-locations).

     

    IF the files do appear, then follow these two complex steps:

    - activate the project (click on the grey dot so it goes green)

    - double-click on the schematic

    OK, they weren't all that complex, were they.

     

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