| ID: | 943 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Sun, 8 Oct 2017 06:12:55 +0200 (CEST) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] copy/paste between layouts |
| in-reply-to: | 939 from Else Schlerman <es...@wellesley.edu> |
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-562854990-1507435975=:27212 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Hello Else, On Sat, 7 Oct 2017, Else Schlerman wrote: >Hi all, >I need to merge two versions of the same board from two separate pcb files >into one final layout.=C2=A0 Does anyone know of an easy way to copy and p= aste >different selections of the layout between these two files? Let's call the two boards i1 and i2 and the final board fin. For simplicity let's assume i1 is almost the final board, needs only a=20 small section from i2. Method #1: 1. open i2, delete everything except the small section needed, save as=20 (e.g. tmp.lht) 2. open i1, menu: file/import/Load layout data to paste buffer, open=20 tmp.lht 3. if the layer stackup of i1 and i2 does not match, you may want to=20 change the layer binding recipe while tmp is still in the buffer with=20 menu: buffer/layer bindings 4. paste the buffer wherever you want 5. save as fin.lht Note: if you prefer side-by-side view, you can run 2 instances of pcb-rnd= =20 in parallel and do step 1 in one instance and steps 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the=20 other one. This could be usaful if you want to transfer in a lot of small= =20 portions. Note: this does not work at the moment due to the bug John reported;=20 will be fixed soon. Method #2: 1. open i2, select the parts you want to transfer; if it's a complex=20 section that is hard to select, you can also remove uninteresting parts=20 first 2. copy to buffer 3. now that you have the interesting part in your buffer, you can just=20 load i1, discarding the changes to i2. The content of the buffer is=20 preserved. 4. do the buffer layer recipe changes if needed 5. paste 6. save i1 as fin Note: there are actually 5 paste buffers; you can select the active one in= =20 the buffer menu. This means you can even take and transfer 5 different=20 sections by repeating step 2 and 4 and 5 with different buffer while doing= =20 only one of step 1 and 3. Method #3: 1. load i1, remove the uninteresting part and save as tmp1.lht 2. load i2, remove the uninteresting part and save as tmp2.lht 3. start a new board 4. load tmp1.lht into the paste buffer (same as method #1, step 2) 5. if needed, do the buffer layer recipe revision (same as method #1, step= =20 3) 6. paste 7. repeat steps 4, 5 and 6 with tmp2.lht HTH, Igor2 --0-562854990-1507435975=:27212--
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