Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 03 12:16:59 EST 2006 | Mark
Hallo all, I just looking for software (freeware and comercial) to convert Gerber files to CAD data file. Our customer does not have the CAD data for pick and place machines and i have only Gerber. Is there any software which can convert to X,Y, rot
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 11 23:29:39 EDT 2010 | cadcopac
Hi chas, Should you still be in the market for "thru hole to smt conversion" services we are doing this sort of design all the time even converting a supplied stuffed board into gerber files for manufacturing with a parts list and all assembly files
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 19 11:49:07 EDT 2007 | pfedorys
At Gerberdata.com we use CAM350 from Downstream Technologies to translate gerber files for both SMT and Test fixtures. We also use CAM350 for Reverse Engineering Gerber files into a complete CAD database. Visit our website for more information. -Pau
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 14 03:21:51 EST 2007 | d0min0
I started to look for the converter after couple of tries on renamed files, but when I read here that it should be 'the same' I renamed two files and it works now - what a heck??? thanx anyway looks like it's solved for me now :) I was almost ready t
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 12 09:56:03 EST 2007 | d0min0
Hi, looked through the forum but can't find answer to my problem - I got .ger files from pcb supplier but need .gbx any ideas what tool to use to make it convert??? regards
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 18 17:52:49 EDT 2008 | mi
Mydata has Utility menu to "export" panel, layout, into a file, etc. And we have an Excel macro that converts all the data in this file into rows of records for each components; and save this to MSDOS csv file format giving: X,Y,Z,P/N, reference de
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 11 10:12:23 EST 2006 | ratsalad
I've used an old version (maybe 7 or 8 years old) of GC-Place to convert gerber to centroid data. It is semi-automatic. If I remember correctly we'd start by selecting the pads for the largest components first. The software would find matching gro
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 | Fri Sep 19 18:06:05 EDT 2008 | stepheniii
The .cmp won't help you. I don't know what the .gen is. The mydata files I used for centroid are .pcb. The following is a sample I"ve changed some chars. F1 AAAAAAA_BOT F2 customer info F21 All_Tools F3 -xxxxxxx yyyyyy rnd1.2mm F3 -xxxxx yyyy rnd1.
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