User Guide

EAGLE Project File
If a new project is created (by clicking the right mouse button on an en
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try in the Projects branch of the tree view and then selecting New/Project
in the context menu in the Control Panel), a directory is first created
which has the name of the project. An eagle.epf configuration file is
automaticallycreatedineveryprojectdirectory.
EAGLE takes note of changes to object properties that are made with
the CHANGE command during editing and the contents of the Width,
Diameter,and Size menusintheprojectfile.
Italsocontainsinformationaboutthelibraries inuse forthisproject.
The position and contents of the active windows at the time the pro
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gram is closed are also saved here. This assumes that the Automatically
save project file option under Options/Backup in the Control Panel is ac
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tive.Thisstatewillberecreatedthenexttimetheprogramstarts.
Those who have previously worked on projects with EAGLE 3.5x can
most easily adapt them to the structure that applies from Version 4.0
onwardsasfollows:
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Createadirectorywiththeprojectname
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Copytheoldprojectfileunderthename eagle.epf intothisdirec
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tory
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Copyallthefilesbelongingtotheprojectintothisdirectory
The path that leads to these project directories is specified in the
ControlPanelunder Options/Directories/Projects.
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PrinciplesforWorkingwithEAGLE