Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 22 14:01:23 EDT 2017 | slthomas
In my experience the main advantage of the ASCII CAD format is that it combines the centroid data, rotations, and package information for your CAM software (at least it does for what we use) to draw the part shapes into the visual assembly aids. If
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 21 09:35:24 EDT 2017 | directx995
Hello everyone, I was wondering for a long time, what are the differences between pick and place and CAD Files. Can anyone list me all (as many as you can) differences between these two types of files. I know there are a lot of software solutions f
Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 07 02:06:26 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Earl, | As always, I am interested in what you have to say, but I am still a little vague on your application of ANSI Y14.5 as it relates to the manufacturability of an assembled printed circuit board. Are you implying that component placement coor
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 21 11:30:29 EDT 2017 | emeto
Pick and Place file is a plain text file that usually contains the placement coordinates together with package type and ref designators. CAD file contains all the information about the assembly - PCB and components/packages both text and graphical re
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 22 04:02:18 EDT 2017 | directx995
So, for Pick and Place machies, will I see any improvements on placement or anything else using CAD instead of plain Pick and Place? Don't know does it metter but I'm using Universal Instruments machines.
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 25 12:21:49 EDT 2017 | emeto
You can get DNP(do not place/populate)list in the P&P file/CAD file or BOM from your customer. You can also use Excell functions to find all your DNP positions. Definitely don't do it one by one.
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 25 17:12:43 EDT 2017 | unisoft
UniSoft (www.unisoft-cim.com) has software that will program your pick and place in other production equipment from either CAD or Gerber or XY rotation and BOM files quickly. http://www.unisoft-cim.com/pcbplace.htm 203-913-0782
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 24 07:33:09 EST 2017 | directx995
Since I'm working at EMS company, have you ever meet problems with customers, that they don't want to send you CAD file, so they send only .txt/.csv Pick and Place instead?
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 18 09:32:05 EDT 2017 | alexeis
Hi, Pick and Place file is included in CAD file. CAD file contains full information about a board including internal layers, silk, PAD/Component structure, and more. You can use Pick and Place (PnP) file on preparing SMT Programs. In case of small
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 23 21:52:51 EDT 2017 | jlawson
In most cases PnP files are all that is needed for SMT program generation. BUT, it depends on origin reference of this data as exported to PnP and could be off in X,Y and rotation of image pending when PnP Data is exported. Also Rotation of parts
