Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 20 20:28:04 EST 2012 | acsscott
Have you done any more work on this? I have a program that reads the Altium files, a feeder database,and makes a UFOS file for the older CSM machines. I can't get the UFOS to VIOS convertor on our Topaz X to read the UFOS *.BRD files. It stops and
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 07 17:03:50 EDT 2010 | duchoang
Hi Mabdalla, Attached is my VIOS file. The board dimension in your file is 285.75(L) x 215.90(W) I do not see the board thickness in your file. The dimension in my file is 192.7(L) x 153.67(W) x 1.8(T) Hope this info would help you a little.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 09:00:14 EST 2011 | leppy
You're a complete stud! It's the mount order of the head. It adds 100 so that it flags to go load up the heads again with parts. It was the +100 that I didn't pick up on.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 15 09:31:42 EST 2004 | jseagle
I used CircuitCAM to convert my 3AV programs to VIOS programs. Then I massaged the VIOS files with PPS. You won't get a perfect conversion though, you'll need to re-teach the board origin on the Topaz and update the parts. The offline software for
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 01 17:28:26 EDT 2010 | mabdalla
Hi, I have a VIOS file containing mounting and feeder information. I need to interprete this file so as to be able to verify and extract some data. Will really appreciate if anyone could suggest some document or some information that can help me un
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 21 04:27:23 EST 2016 | dzadza
Hello, Please is there someone could help me? We have philips emerald x machine, and I would like to generate cad file from cam350 software to convert it by cad2cad software and finally to get vios file for my pick and place machine. My question i
Electronics Forum | Tue May 21 15:47:01 EDT 2019 | compit
UFOS -> VIOS 2.13 std (2 files - *.brd and *.fdr).
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 15 07:25:55 EDT 2005 | Base
Try to get hold of the Philips/Assembleon Cad2Cad program, it is (or was) free. You can import several (proprietary) file formats and centroid files and export it as VIOS text-files. All you need to do then on the machine is assign the correct compon
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 21 10:09:26 EST 2012 | vinitverma
Hello, We developed a small software tool - PROCAM which imports Gerber data and allows the user to automatically convert pads to components and then outputs directly a VIOS file for use in Topaz or any other GemLine machine. If you need more inform
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 16 11:55:30 EDT 2022 | williamaxler
I haven't used this software in a while. There is a way to tell the software what type of files it shows in the board explorer. You would have to move the VIOS text file into the machine folder.
