Prefereces not saved to .opt file?

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   Hi, I don't know if I get this wrong, but should not all settings made in the options in Footprint Expert POD program be saved to the .opt file?
I did a quick test in FE for POD 2021.20 where I first without doing any changes to the Options saved current settings to file "1.opt" . 
I then changed the setting for "Footprint Naming Convention" from "PCB Libraries" to "IPC-7351B" and saved this to another file, called "2.opt file".  Reloading file "1.opt" did not set back the naming convention to "PCB Libraries". 

Was this an expected result??

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Regin_EDA Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 07 Apr 2021 Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote Regin_EDA Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Prefereces not saved to .opt file? Posted: 08 Dec 2021 at 2:46am
	Hi, I don't know if I get this wrong, but should not all settings made in the options in Footprint Expert POD program be saved to the .opt file? I did a quick test in FE for POD 2021.20 where I first without doing any changes to the Options saved current settings to file "1.opt" . I then changed the setting for "Footprint Naming Convention" from "PCB Libraries" to "IPC-7351B" and saved this to another file, called "2.opt file". Reloading file "1.opt" did not set back the naming convention to "PCB Libraries". Was this an expected result??



Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5774	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Dec 2021 at 9:27am
	There are 2 Option files. Console Options Your Master Options The Footprint Naming Convention is in "Console" Options and not in your Master Options. You can have many Master Option files but only one Console Option file.
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