Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 23 19:07:17 EDT 2008 | smt_guy
Hi, here's my 2 cents sir: You need.. a) The Gerber Data and the BOM b) Extract the XY CAD from the GERBER and build what they call Centroid Data. Save this in text format. c) Use Cad2Cad to import the centroid data and save it as Philips VIOS txt
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 26 09:47:34 EDT 2008 | kevslatvin
I hope this doesn't add any confusion. I save my data as a .csv file and bring that into Cad2cad. This is how I was shown to do it by Assembleon. To use .csv you have to set your file format on the format cad file tab(during import to Cad2cad) to Cha
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 19 06:02:34 EDT 2008 | jlawson
Not that trying to sell anything, but Valors new vPlan system is a scalable software that can read gerbers and other CAM/CAD formats, can extract component positions, add polarities prepare job with BOM import, verify CAD to BOM and generate Topax-X
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 18 13:16:05 EDT 2008 | snsmt
I am a new user to the topaz-x machine. At my new current position, there is not really any formal training on this device since it is a small private company. Does anybody know where i can start learning how to program this device? The manual doesn'
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 18 13:46:40 EDT 2008 | snsmt
What pattern programming utility do you have, or > do you have one at all? As of now i do not have one at all. I am still training at this company before i actually do some programming. From what i understand, the customer gives our company a gerb
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 19 12:18:57 EDT 2008 | mikesewell
Assembleon/Philips has their own offline programming software (PPS Gemline) to take you from CAD (they should have a gerber utility) to machine program. A lower cost aproach is something like GC-Preview with the "Plus" option to extract centroids, t
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 29 09:56:59 EST 2008 | blacksi27
What the other user was talking about is correct, converting it from gerber to machine cad. It is hard explaining programming SMT to a new user unless shown by another experience operator. I am also getting a topaz x pretty soon and I'll try to hel
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 18 19:37:54 EDT 2013 | emrtech
I have created a program that converts the CAD data to MyData file format that has been working great for me on the my9 and my100 pick and place machines. if interested email me at luie1_1@yahoo.com
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 01 15:52:03 EDT 2017 | wyluliwolf
Long story short: I paid someone to convert some older Gerber files to the new RS-274x format for me so I could have them manufactured. I sent them the original Gerber files (RS-274D) along with additional files showing information on the layout. T
