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 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 | Sat Sep 20 18:54:14 EDT 2008 | jlawson
There is software available like valors new vPlan, single point solution, can support Mydata and Panasonic machines - can convert programs in both directions. ALso has all the Gerber, EDA import, BOM import merge - compare, plus many other advanced f
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 03 14:55:56 EST 2006 | DannyJ
Caveat... I do not work for either company nor am I endorsed for this recommendation... We use CircuitCam for our needs. Works pretty well and allows you to keep several databases and is modular. Very pricey. The other software I have heard of is
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 29 14:09:39 EDT 2004 | Dave
What do you want to do with the gerber file? Most gerber outputted data is in ascii and can be read with notepad or any text editor. If you want to view the gerber data there are free viewers on the web ie: gerbv.sourceforge.net Hope this helps.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 27 20:48:10 EDT 2004 | Ninh The Vu
Hi, Is there any CAD software that helps converting gerber file into cad (text file)? Any input will be great help. Thanks and regards, NTV
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 31 21:01:21 EST 2004 | pizzshen
valor's software--trilogy 5000 can do help for your request,but it is expensive .
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 31 17:38:42 EST 2004 | Ian
GerberGrab does exactly this, and it's low cost, and you can use it for a month for free. It is a sophisticated but easy to use reverse engineering tool which will automatically generate top / bottom BOMs with placement and rotation after teaching of
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 30 14:54:36 EDT 2004 | chris
The software that i used sell was graphicode. it worked well, but not easy to use. http://www.graphicode.com/
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 30 16:03:46 EDT 2004 | jwdyer
I ahve been using Pentalogix ViewMaster PLUS. Cost about $1k. It's a little tough to use but does a pretty good job for the price.
