pads_backannotate(1) 1.8.2.20130925 pads_backannotate(1)NAMEpads_backannotate - backannotates changes from a PADS engineering
change order (ECO) file to schematic
SYNOPSISpads_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 STATUSpads_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 util‐
ity 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 swap‐
ping 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 ALSOgnetlist(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:fbab‐
gapp
gEDA Project September 25th, 2013 pads_backannotate(1)
