Hi, So I made a few design blocks and dropped them into some test
designs. Is there anyway to link back the block to it's source? Can
design blocks be edited independently? If the design block was updated
somehow, how does one refresh that block in another project?
Glenn
On 5/8/2017 5:55 AM, Rachael wrote:
Hi Glenn,
The way design blocks work I believe is basically using the existing
ability to import one EAGLE design into another, but it's been re-packaged
to make it a more polished feature. This seems to work quite well but it
has the drawback that they are not actually reuse blocks that are tightly
coupled with the designs they are used within. Once they are imported to a
design then they are part of that design and changes can be made within
that design which are independent of the source design block and cannot be
back annotated. Similarly, if the source design block is updated then there
is no method to update instances (as they are not actually separate
instances referencing the source) of that block in any designs, the only
way to update them is to delete them out and import them again I believe.
Best Regards,
Rachael
Hi Rachael, so my questions might turn into a nice future enhancement
then. 
Thanks for the reply.
Glenn
