Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 14:46:08 EDT 2020 | stephendo
What about designators? Using gerbers to program a pnp machine was always a last resort to be done only after much complaining and begging for proper CAD data. Back in the day I used UniCAM to program a mydata. After getting it figured out it was eas
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 18:34:34 EDT 2020 | spoiltforchoice
> What about designators? Using gerbers to program > a pnp machine was always a last resort to be done > only after much complaining and begging for > proper CAD data. Back in the day I used UniCAM to > program a mydata. After gett
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 30 06:41:22 EDT 2020 | jameshayliie
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Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 07:06:47 EDT 2020 | proceng1
We unfortunately use GERBER data to digitize boards more than any CAD. We are CM and many of our customers do not provide CAD. With some Legacy products, we still use 274-D Gerbers.
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 10:20:15 EDT 2020 | unisoft
Yes process engineers that work for contract manufacturers try to get the full CAD or XY rotation files from their clients unfortunately still many of their customers still give them only Gerber files for the PCB project. Unisoft has had a focus on
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 31 03:12:38 EDT 2020 | sarason
Try PCBSynergy https://pcbsynergy.com If you really need to work from gerber files and not CAD data, use Visualplace https://www.compuphase.com/visualplace/visualplace_en.htm sarason
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 26 13:31:37 EDT 2020 | rgduval
As everyone else said, if you don't have CAD, it's a pain to digitize the gerbers. So much so that we only did it once when I went to CircuitCam training. After you digitize the gerbers, you have to merge the BOM with it. And you have to tell it p
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 09:59:13 EDT 2020 | spoiltforchoice
> We unfortunately use GERBER data to digitize <BR> > boards more than any CAD. We are CM and many of <BR> > our customers do not provide CAD. With some <BR> > Legacy products, we still use 274-D Gerbers
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 10:31:47 EDT 2020 | proceng1
Certain customers do give us CAD. USUALLY ODB++ but I've also gotten .ipc and .pcb . Many of our customers bought or inherited a design, and therefore have no control to generate additional files. Or, as you mentioned, they had another manufacture
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 15 18:37:15 EDT 2020 | unisoft
The point here is if you can't get the full CAD files or the XY rotation files and all you get his Gerbers and a BOM. Most all contract manufacturers and some OEM's at some time or another have to deal with Gerber only files. If you find yourself i
