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gsymcheck(1)							  1.6.2.20110115						      gsymcheck(1)

NAME

       gsymcheck - gEDA/gaf Symbol Checker

SYNOPSIS

       gsymcheck [-h] [-v] [-q] symbol1 [... symbolN]

DESCRIPTION

       gsymcheck is a symbol checker for gEDA/gaf.  Here is a list of checks that gsymcheck performs:

       o Checks for graphical= attribute (if present does varied tests)

       o Checks for the device= attribute

       o Checks for various other missing attributes (pinlabel, pintype, pinseq, footprint, refdes)

       o Checks to make sure that the active pin end is on the 100 unit grid.

       o Checks the uses of the various attributes (duplicates, incorrect syntax, invalid values, etc...)

       o Checks for obsolete, old, and forbidden attributes

       o Checks for any nets or buses within a symbol

       o Checks for any other connections within a symbol

       o Checks to make sure the number of pins is the correct number

OPTIONS

       gsymcheck accepts the following options:

       -q      Quiet mode on.  This mode turns off all warnings/notes/messages. (optional)

       -v      Verbose mode 1.	This mode will show all error messages (optional)

       -vv     Verbose mode 2.	This mode will show all error and warning messages (optional)

       -vvv    Verbose mode 2.	This mode will show all error, warning, and info messages (optional)

       -h      Usage summary / gsymcheck help

       symbol1 [... symbolN]
	       At  least one symbol file must be specified.  If multiple symbols are specified then they are sequentially read in and checked.	It
	       is important that the schematic(s) follow all the options (ie last).

EXAMPLES

       Here are some examples on how to run gsymcheck:

       To get usage information just run:

	     gsymcheck

       To actually check a symbol with just error counts, run:

	    gsymcheck symbolfilename.sym

       To get the actuall error messages, run:

	    gsymcheck -v symbolfilename.sym

       To see all the error messages and warnings, run:

	    gsymcheck -vv symbolfilename.sym

       To see all the error messages, warnings, and parse info, run:

	    gsymcheck -vvv symbolfilename.sym

ENVIRONMENT

       gsymcheck respects the following environment variable:

       GEDADATA
	       specifies where the various required scheme and rc files are located (the default is ${prefix}/share/gEDA).  This environment vari-
	       ables does not need to be set by the end user unless they are moving the executables to a new install ${prefix}.

AUTHOR

       Ales Hvezda and many others

SEE ALSO

       gschem(1), gnetlist(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C)  1999-2008 Ales Hvezda

       This document can be freely redistributed according to the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.0

Version 							January 15th, 2011						      gsymcheck(1)

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NAME

       xgsch2pcb - gEDA/gaf gschem -> PCB workflow GUI

SYNOPSIS

       xgsch2pcb [project]

DESCRIPTION

       When  designing	a printed circuit board (PCB) it's often desirable to create a 'schematic' which shows the components to be used and their
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       o  The toolbar at the top offers the usual options to quit the program and to load and save project files.

       o  The  left  hand  'Schematic'	frame shows a list of schematic pages that the PCB layout will be based on. The 'Edit schematic' and 'Edit
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	  edit	a  file, and will offer to update your PCB layout if necessary. The 'Update layout' button forces an update of the PCB layout even
	  if one isn't strictly necessary.

       The update process will carry out the following actions to modify your layout, after launching pcb if isn't already running:

       1.  Remove any elements from the layout that are not in the schematic.

       2.  Find any elements that are in the schematic but not in the layout, and add them to the layout (in the top left corner). N.b. that  it's
	   probably a good idea to leave this corner of your layout clear until the layout is more or less finalised, to avoid new elements inter-
	   fering with elements which have already been placed and routed.

       3.  Clear your rats and load a new rats nest.

       4.  Update the component pin names to match the pin names on the schematic symbol.

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								  02 January 2010						      xgsch2pcb(1)
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