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[Badr Hack&Invent <badr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, 

@Wayne, ok, I will give it a try. 

@Kristoffer, thanks for the enlightenment. 

I will give it a try using the same approche passing through the text
MIME. So that you can even copy/paste the eescheem selection from/in a
text editor. 

Regards, 

Badr 

Le 2018-01-18 14:23, Kristoffer Ödmark a écrit :

> 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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