Link a saved copy of a PCB back to its schematic

[onemanonelaptop]

HI there, i saved a copy of the pcb i was working on, so i could try a different layout.

I have just noticed that its no longer linked to the schematic the original one was linked to.

Is there a way to link this new saved copy back to the original schematic?

Thankyou for any help.

[johannespfister]

You could copy the complete folder.

Or in your case, copy the complete folder, go to the new folder, replace the linked kicad_pcb file (in the new folder) with the modified one. And then open the project in the new folder.**

Alternatively, you could move the non-modified pcb to a new name and create a (soft) link to the new pcb with the same name of the old pcb. (not a recommended way)

AFAIK you can not have a PCB with a different name than the project (without any other tricks like a link).

The other, much better, method is to use a version control system, which is a good idea in many other regards too. Then you could save, create a new branch, save it there and if you want to go back to the master branch that doesn’t have the modifications.

** On Linux that would be:

cd /path/to/pcb/project/..
cp -r project project_new
cd project_new 
mv modified_pcb.kicad_pcb projectname.kicad_pcb
kicad ./projectname.kicad_pro

[onemanonelaptop]

Thankyou for the reply, that worked