Re: Re: gEDA-user: gschem BUS status

[sdb@xxxxxxxxxx (Stuart Brorson)]

> >> Good job guys with the gEDA project, I hope 
> >> to be able to contribute, I am experimenting with
> >> modifying the PADS backend to increase the 
> >> attributes passed to PADS.  PCB looks good too
> >> but just doesn't have quite the capabily, yet...
> >
> >A beefed up PADS backend would be a great contribution!  My day job
> >currently uses Viewdraw -> PADS as the flow, but since we only have
> >one PADS licence -- always in use by our layout guy -- I've been using
> >gEDA/PCB for quick-turn jobs when I need to do the layout myself.  
> 
> I would like to add part (.p) support and some layout rules. I am still
> digging through how gschem is all put together (and learning scheme).

Dan McMahill has contributed a bunch of PADS stuff to gEDA.  Look for
the utility pads_backannotate in the utility directory.  He might also
have some info in the docs directory.  You might want to correspond
with him about gEDA and PADS. 

Stuart