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Collect files in ExpressSCH

MoskogMoskog Posts: 554
edited 2011-02-21 17:24 in General Discussion
Hello again, I have several files related to one project and want to collect these files into one single SCH file, by using multiple sheets. I thought I could just copy and paste but it wasn't quite that simple. I'm using ExpressSCH ver. 7.0.1.
Now I'm wondering if anyone have done this and how.

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  • MoskogMoskog Posts: 554
    edited 2011-02-16 22:47
    Well, your first posting wasn't much of a help but thanks anyway.

    The reason of my question is that I had several different projects that finally was built into one, not expected at the beginning but turned out that way. So there was made one sch-file for each project. Now after some of these projects was bult into one it would be great to also collected the different files into one single. I cant find a way to do it without have to draw the whole cirquits from bottom again, something that will take too much time.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-02-17 09:29
    It's actually pretty easy.

    1. Open one of the projects you want to aggregate.
    2. HIghlight the entire circuit right-click it, and select COPY from the context menu.
    3. In the same copy of ExpressSCH, select File, then New.
    4. In the new project right-click the paper and select Paste.
    5. Save the new project.
    6. Open aggregate project #2.
    7. Highlight the whole thing, right-click, COPY.
    8. On the File menu, the recently created new project should be just below Exit. Click it.
    9. Create a new page if necessary and paste.
    10. Repeat as necessary...
  • MoskogMoskog Posts: 554
    edited 2011-02-17 21:59
    Thank you, localroger, that sounds pretty easy, yes!
    I'm not able to try it right now but will try later when back again from work.

    Where did the other guy go? I see he removed his posts and left.
  • MoskogMoskog Posts: 554
    edited 2011-02-20 08:07
    localroger wrote: »
    It's actually pretty easy.

    1. Open one of the projects you want to aggregate.
    2. HIghlight the entire circuit right-click it, and select COPY from the context menu.
    3. In the same copy of ExpressSCH, select File, then New.
    4. In the new project right-click the paper and select Paste.
    5. Save the new project.
    6. Open aggregate project #2.
    7. Highlight the whole thing, right-click, COPY.
    8. On the File menu, the recently created new project should be just below Exit. Click it.
    9. Create a new page if necessary and paste.
    10. Repeat as necessary...

    I right clicked it too, but that didnt work, that was my biggest mistake from the beginning. I should have used Edit and Copy instead. Beside of that, your way to do this seems to work perfectly.
    Thanks again!
  • bsnutbsnut Posts: 521
    edited 2011-02-21 02:54
    Try this as suggested by localroger, but change the way you are doing it. HIghlight the entire circuit then select edit, then select copy and then follow what localroger suggested.

    You can also open ExpressSCH in a new window and do what localroger suggested. This saves time reopening ExpressSCH every time.
  • MoskogMoskog Posts: 554
    edited 2011-02-21 05:25
    bsnut

    Yes, I did it the way localroger suggested, except for the rightclicking. On my computer (win7) the rightclicking did not work at all in this operation so I had to use Edit and Copy instead. And that works fine!
    And thanks for the idea on opening in a new window too!
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-02-21 17:24
    It doesn't work between separate instances of ExpressSCH. You have to actually close the source and open the target each time in the same instance of the program. The reason is that ExpressSCH and ExpressPCB don't actually put the stuff you "copy" on the Windows clipboard, they just save internally. So you can't copy and paste between two different ExpressSCH windows.
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