Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 17 20:47:51 EST 2010 | jlawson
Also take a look at vplan from Mentor graphics(Valor) this has very powerful CAD/CAM to centroid capability...can generate Centroid data from Gerber - creates packages , polarities and assigns Refdes with easy to use tool...
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 10 08:47:45 EST 2006 | davef
Centroids from the Gerber data * Graphicode GC-Place graphicode.com * Downstream Technologies CAM350 downstreamtech.com * Gerbcam Tecnomatix-Unicam unicam.com * Circuit Cam aiscorp.com * GerbTool GerbTool.com
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 11 00:05:54 EDT 2011 | vinitverma
PROCAM is intended to extract Centroid from the raw Gerber only. You just need to have 2 layers (paste or mask layer - to identify pads, and silk layer - for reference designators). Centroid is the output of PROCAM.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 10 10:25:54 EDT 2019 | mikekeens
The merge software looks good but still not always getting the results i want - The following website can carry out a BOM to centroid xy placement data merge - http://www.surfacemountprocess.com/centroid-file-generation-service.html
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 17 12:37:57 EDT 2008 | stepheniii
Panapro can be set up for the centroid data in any order. You won't be able to load the centroid data straight into the machine though. At one time I used Unicam to program a mydata. Then we got a panasonic line. The panarep said we could configure
Electronics Forum | Wed May 24 13:42:27 EDT 2000 | John McGriff
We just had a similar problem with misplacement, and it turned out that the designers had not put the local fiducials in the right places. I am told that placement machines typically recalculate the component centroid to be at the center of a line b
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 05 13:29:43 EST 2006 | jax
Nothing is automatic from Gerber. Gerber is stupid data. (Pads are defined, not components) I think you are looking for Centroid Outputs not CAD. Cad defines the components on the board as well as the board itself. Centroid gives Ref. Desig., X, Y,
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 05 11:03:54 EDT 2006 | RLM
It's quite easy: 1. Import the gerber file into GCpowerplace. 2. Select the pads that you wish to convert into centroid's. This is usually all of the pads. 3. Select the automatic extraction button. The software recognizes certain common patterns 02
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 10 07:21:30 EST 2009 | jax
I would like to know more about how your software will "automatically extract" centroid. I'm assuming people who only own "Viewers" would use it to get centroid data... except how would that person digitize the aperture groupings into components? If
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 05 15:42:44 EST 2019 | emeto
Rob, you can always create a program and inspect the paste with your Checkplot. If you want to take it further though, you will need a centroid file. With centroid file you can lock pads to belong to a reference designator. When you do so you will n
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