AL D wrote:
"...even copied just the files to the sym directory.
XVII refuses to see them."
That's because XVII doesn't pick the symbols and models from "c:\Program Files\LTC\LTspiceXVII\lib\..." any more. Instead, on installation, a job is run that creates a directory in "My Documents" called LTspiceXVII and the whole lib structure is just copied there. LTspice then picks all live lib information from there. The same batch job is run when you do a sync update. I guess I can understand why this is done, but for me, it's a real pain.
The reason for my annoyance was that because I am running IV and XVII side by side, I wanted to sync the lib folders in each, so I symlinked the one under IV to XVII. When I realised what was happening when I did an update, I cancelled the update without letting it finish. I kinda wish I hadn't, because it left my entire lib directory structure full of 0byte files. Fortunately, because I do practice what I preach, I was able to restore everything easily from SVN.
Personally, I find the new method of library management in XVII really inconvenient, but probably because I went against "conventional wisdom" in the first place. When I work out how to make it work for me, I'll let you know. In the meantime, I've reverted to IV until I figure it out.
Regards,
Tony
Tony Casey