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[Kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>]

I do see the value of copy pasting between schematics. Its very common 
for design reuse.

The way the copy-paste for pcbnew is done is like this:

Copy:
1. checks what items are selected.
2. check what requirements the selected items have( nets, layers etc)
3. this creates a new pcb file in memory with only the selected items ( 
using the regular parser)
4. instead of writing the pcb file to disk, it is written as plaintext 
to the clipboard.

Paste:
1. load the pcb file from clipboard as a regular pcb_file ( using the 
regular parser )
2. check what new nets layers etc are present in the file and add to 
current working pcb.
3. add each item to the pcb and to selection.
4. enter "move" mode for the current selection of items.

Maybe something similar can be done for the schematic, although I was 
lucky, because a lot of the functionality was already in pcbnew, so I 
only had to connect most of it in a more streamlined way.


The current way I copy paste between schematics is like this:
1. create new hierarchical schematic.
2. copy block ( ctrl+c )
3. enter new hierarchical schematic and paste there. save.
4. remove the hierarchical schematic from project.

Now you have your selection in the new scheet file, and can move it 
wherever you want. Not the most elegant solution, but since I usually 
create as much I can as "schematic modules" I have a small collection of 
schematics i add to a project to get the stuff I usually have.

With the work being done on improving the bus things in eeschema, I cant 
wait to improve my modules!

 -Kristoffer

On 01/18/2018 01:53 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Hi Badr,
>
> As far as I know, no one is working on this.  We still have a lot of
> work to do just to get a full copy/paste implementation for each editor.
>   I'm not sure copy/paste between eeschema applications has a lot of
> value but there could be some overlap for graphical objects.  Copying a
> pin from the symbol editor and pasting it in the schematic editor has no
> meaning since pins are not schematic objects.  Pins are symbol objects
> and only have meaning in library symbol objects.  Copy/paste between the
> to editors will not be trivial to implement.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 1/17/2018 4:55 PM, Badr Hack&Invent wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'd like to add the possibility to make a copy/paste of a block between
> > two different eeschema applications, or either to export a selected
> > block to a new .sch file.
> > Any idea if it is ongoing by someone, or a hint from where to start?
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Regards,
> > Badr
> >
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