> >> 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
