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Calling ModEdit causes the following window to appear:
The following functions are available:
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Select the active library. |
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Save the current module to the active library. |
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Create a new library and save the current module in it. |
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Access a dialogue for deleting a module from the active library. |
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Create a new module. |
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Load a module from the active library. |
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Load (import) a module from the printed circuit board. |
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Export the current module to the printed circuit board. If the module was previously imported, it will replace the corresponding module on the printed circuit board (i.e., respecting position and orientation). If the module was loaded from a library, it will be copied on to the printed circuit board at position 0 and with orientation 0. (Translator's note: I do not find this clear: previously imported from the pcb? or from a library (see below)? So what's the difference with loading it from a library?) |
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Import a module from
a file created by the Export command ( |
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Export a module.
This command is essentially identical to that for creating a
library, the only difference being that
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Not used. |
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Call the print dialogue. |
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Standard zoom commands. |
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Call the pad editor. |
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Not used. |
Future changes of Pcbnew may require regeneration of the libraries, something that can be done very quickly if circuit-board sources of this type have been used.This is important, because the circuit board file formats are guaranteed to remain compatible during future development, but this is not the case for the library file format.
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