# Eagle PCB netlister README

    Basic information about the Eagle PCB backend and sch2eaglepos.sh

    gnet-eagle.scm

    The script uses the component's package, footprint, value, and (if no
    value) device attributes, as well as the netlist, to generate an Eagle
    script that will add and connect all components.  It also introduces a
    "lib" attribute, which specifies the Eagle library where the footprint
    can be found...if a "lib" attribute is not set for a component, then
    the library defaults to "smd-ipc" (the default Eagle surface mount library).

    sch2eaglepos.sh

    I am also including a simple shell script that I wrote which has saved
    me hours by extracting the relative locations of the parts from a
    gschem schematic, and generating an Eagle script to place the
    components in the same relative locations on the layout.  By default
    all packages are piled on top of each other, and with a large design
    it takes a long time to sort out which cap bypasses which IC, etc.