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pads_backannotate(1)            1.8.2.20130925            pads_backannotate(1)

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

gEDA Project                 September 25th, 2013         pads_backannotate(1)