Homebrew PCBs

Hi everybody
  Another Eagle question for the experts:  I so often wish I could 
get packages and symbols from one library file to another, thereby 
preventing me from having to do a lot of work re-drawing parts in my 
own custom library that are right there in another one.  I have 
looked forever, but haven't been able to find a way to copy or 
import/export from one library file to another.  Is there?

Thanks

Josh DeWinter
Pullman, WA

Hmmmm.... That's a tough one.
Here's kind of an awkward workaround:
1) Open the library you want to copy from, and open the package or symbol
you want to copy.
2) Using the group tool, group the entire package or symbol, and then click
the cut button on the toolbar or select cut from the edit menu.
3) Click open on the file menu, and open whatever library you want to copy
the package/symbol to.
4) create a new package or symbol, and paste the package/symbol you copied
earlier into it.

Oops... I just messed with it some more, so disregard the above. I'll leave
it in place as a backup, in case you can't get this new way to work. Here's
the better way:

1) Open the library you want to copy to.
2) In the control panel, expand the library folder and the library you want
to copy from.
3) Find the package/device you want to copy, and right-click on it.
4) Select "Copy to Library" from the right-click menu.

BTW, this doesn't allow you to copy symbols, per se. You can only copy
packages or devices. If you want to copy a symbol, copy the device you want,
and delete the device after you copy it. This should leave the symbol in the
new library.

TTYL...

- Robert

>-----Original Message-----
>From: joshdewinter [mailto:joshdewinter@...]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:57 PM
>To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Eagle question: copying libraries
>
>Hi everybody
>  Another Eagle question for the experts:  I so often wish I could
>get packages and symbols from one library file to another, thereby
>preventing me from having to do a lot of work re-drawing parts in my
>own custom library that are right there in another one.  I have
>looked forever, but haven't been able to find a way to copy or
>import/export from one library file to another.  Is there?
>
>Thanks
>
>Josh DeWinter
>Pullman, WA