User Guide

Inshort:
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OPENthe source libraryandEDITtheSymbol
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DISPLAYalllayers
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SelectallelementswithGROUP
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UseCUTandclickintothegrouptosetareferencepoint
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OPENyour target librarywith File/Open
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EDITanewSymbol
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UsePASTEtoplaceit
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Savelibrary
Packages
Theproceduretocopypackagesisnearlythesameastocopydevices.
Either move (with Drag&Drop) the requested package from the Con
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trol Panel's tree view into the opened Library Editor window. The com
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plete package will be copied and newly defined in the current library. As
an alternative you could use the entry Copy to Library in the context
menuofthepackageentry.
Orusethe COPYcommand.Type,forexample,
COPY[e-mail]
in the command line, the package DIL16 from library 751xx.lbr is copied
into the currently opened library. If the library is not in the current
workingdirectoryyouhavetoenterthewholepath,asforexample,in:
COPYDIL16@\eagle-4.1\mylbr\751xx.lbr
Ifthepathcontainsspacesusesinglequotesforit:
COPY'DIL16@D:\PATH\mylbr\751xx.lbr'
If the package should be stored in the current library under a new name
simplyenteritdirectlyinthecommandline:
COPYDIL16@\eagle-4.1\mylbr\751xx.lbrDIL16NEW
ThepackageisstoredwiththenewnameDIL16NEWnow.
If you want to copy a package that already exists with the same name in
thetargetlibrarythepackagewillbesimplyreplaced.
If the package is already used in a device and the position or the name of
one or more pads/SMDs changes, EAGLE prompts a message in which
mode the pads/SMDs are to be replaced. This procedure can also be can
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celled.Thepackageremainsunchangedthen.
If the enumeration and position of the pads are unchanged but the order
is, EAGLE will ask you for the appropriate update mode. Depending on
your selection the pin/pad connections of the device may change (see
CONNECTcommand).
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