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)