Hi, I have all my projects in my home and office computers. The only thing I do is to copy the whole project folder from a computer to another. All components are in the cache file.
Anyway, it is not mandatory but it helps to have the same path for the libraries in both computers. Pedro. > How do I make a project portable, so that I can either give it to someone else, or use the project as the basis for starting a new one with a different name? > > I've looked inside some of the project files and there are bunches of hard-coded directory paths that look like show stoppers. > > On my own computer, I've tried using an existing project as the basis for a new one by copying the brd sch cache files into the new folder and saving the pro file with a new name. Also I tried starting a new pro and adding the existing files. > > I wound up with holes in the schematic from lib issues, and the same hard coded paths problem. > > I'd like to demo KiCad to other people, but I can't give them a sample project to play with. > > -Ed > >
