NAME¶
pads_backannotate - backannotates changes from a PADS engineering change
order (ECO) file to schematic
SYNOPSIS¶
pads_backannotate -h|--help
pads_backannotate -V|--version
pads_backannotate [options]
ecofile.eco infile1.sch [infile2.sch
...]
DESCRIPTION¶
The
pads_backannotate program reads an engineering change order (ECO)
file generated by the PADS program and backannotates the requested changes to
a gschem schematic or schematics. Refer to the PADS manual for a complete
description of the ECO file format.
OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- prints help message and exits
- -n, --nocopy
- Leave the modified schematic files in new files whose names are generated
by appending .new to the original file names. The default is to
overwrite the original.
- -v, --verbose
- operate verbosely
- -V, --version
- prints version information and exits
EXIT STATUS¶
pads_backannotate will return
0 if all files processed
successfully,
non-zero if the command did not complete successfully.
BUGS¶
Rather than parsing and processing schematic files directly, this utility should
be rewritten using the gEDA scheme API. This would take advantage of the
existing parsers for the schematic files.
Reference designator renaming is fully supported. Pin and gate swapping is
parsed but not automatically applied to the schematic database. Instead, a
report listing the manual pin and gate swapping that is required. The other
features of the ECO file are not supported yet.
SEE ALSO¶
gnetlist(1),
gschem(1)
Also refer to "Forward/Backward Annotation Between gEDA/gaf and PADS
PowerPCB" which may be found at
http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:fbabgapp