How to save Project with new name?

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How do I save a project with a new name. For example saving ‘My Project’ as ‘My Project v2’ I’ve tried several ways, nothing works. Exporting as an ippz archive sort of works but I can’t rename it, it’s read-only and can’t be saved. Obviously I’m missing something.

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I’m not sure if there is a better way in the newer versions of LibrePCB, but you could try this one:

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Thanks for your reply Sasmus. Yes I had read that post but it doesn’t seem to work for me. I get a message like ’There is no project in this folder’ (probably not the exact words). Also the poster asked if that method would cause conflicts, which wasn’t answered.

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Sorry for the late reply. It’s unfortunately correct that this is still not supported yet, I hope we can implement such a feature soon. The cleanest way to copy a project is still Cloning a project, there's no "save as" - #6 by grubernd.

But it’s really not that bad to just copy a whole projects directory, it shouldn’t cause real troubles. The *.lpp file inside the directory can be renamed as desired.

Sounds like the hidden file .librepcb-project was not copied.

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No problem ubruhin, I think you are a busy man! I’ll try copying the file again and look for that hidden file :slight_smile:

Perfect, hidden files were the problem it seems. Thanks again.

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Hi,

when I create a new version of a PCB, I usually start by copying the project folder and renaming it.
For example, from Baseboard_V1.00 to Baseboard_V1.10

Then, in the new folder, I rename the .lpp file accordingly,
for example from Baseboard_V1.00.lpp to Baseboard_V1.10.lpp

After that, I delete all the files in the output subdirectory.

Next, I open the new project and, from Project → Setup, I update the project version to the new one
(e.g. V1.10).

Finally, I open the PCB project and update the printed information directly on the PCB.
I usually place this information on the copper layer (top or bottom); if there is not enough space, I write the PCB information on the Names layer.

I don’t know if there is better way

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Honestly my recommended workflow for new versions is to keep working on the same project, not creating a new project for every revision. But I always add a *.lppz output job, so in the output directories there is always a full copy of every old revision, which can be opened (read-only) in LibrePCB. For example:

output/v1.1/my-project-v1.1.lppz
output/v1.2/my-project-v1.2.lppz
output/v1.3/my-project-v1.3.lppz

So the workflow is:

  1. Before ordering a PCB, run all output jobs to generate production data (including *.lppz archive)
  2. Afterwards, increment the projects version number
  3. Continue working on the project until the next revision is complete
  4. Repeat steps 1. to 3.

So a copy of a project is never needed (respectively the *.lppz output job automatically creates the copy for you).

I recommend to set the text to {{VERSION}}, so it is always up-to-date and doesn’t need to be updated manually when the version number changes.