PCB Libraries Forum : Importing an existing footprint https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:56:34 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2019 08:50:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2486 <![CDATA[PCB Libraries Forum]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/forum_images/PCBLForumLogo.gif https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Importing an existing footprint : It&#039;s a calculator part.Call...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/importing-an-existing-footprint_topic2486_post10247.html#10247 Author: tjnash75
Subject: 2486
Posted: 19 May 2019 at 8:50am

It's a calculator part.  

Call me lazy, but I was trying to avoid having to type all the dimensions in again and make sure all of the options I wanted are set correctly (analogous to when you can't find the TV remote so you just sit there watching a show you have no interest in, instead of looking for the remote).

Thanks Tom!

]]> Sun, 19 May 2019 08:50:05 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/importing-an-existing-footprint_topic2486_post10247.html#10247 <![CDATA[Importing an existing footprint : There are backup files in this...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/importing-an-existing-footprint_topic2486_post10246.html#10246 Author: Tom H
Subject: 2486
Posted: 19 May 2019 at 8:34am

There are backup files in this folder - 
C:\Program Files (x86)\PCB Libraries\Library Expert 2019\Libraries\Backups 

But it depends how many backups you have set in Preferences. 

Is this a Calculator part or FP Designer? 

If it's a calculator part, then all you need to do is re-enter the package dimensions. 

]]> Sun, 19 May 2019 08:34:10 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/importing-an-existing-footprint_topic2486_post10246.html#10246 <![CDATA[Importing an existing footprint : I&#039;ve discovered a mistake...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/importing-an-existing-footprint_topic2486_post10245.html#10245 Author: tjnash75
Subject: 2486
Posted: 19 May 2019 at 8:07am

I've discovered a mistake in a footprint I generated (my mistake, not the tool's).  

This is a footprint I made a while ago, so the output files exist, but the footprint is no longer loaded in the PCB Library Expert GUI.  

Do I have to remake the footprint from scratch, or is there a way to import the output files back into the tool to get my footprint creation session back?

Thanks in advance!

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