Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 07 12:58:20 EST 2007 | Frank
I agree with Jon, that using Gerber data is a pain in the butt, but that doesn't answer your question about what software to use. CircuitCAM, VALOR, UniCAM (now Tecnomatix), and GC Place are the more popular third party software packages that deal d
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 30 13:58:26 EDT 2002 | dragonslayr
To all SMTneters: I am seeking recommendations for software packages. I will be managing a Document Control Center for a Contract Manufacturer. I am aware of the functions, duties but do not know the commercial names of software needed. We will be ne
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 | Wed Oct 14 09:01:16 EDT 2009 | jasonduerr
Hi, Everyone! What do you use for Assembly Drawings? I need Electronics Assembly Drafting software, and I am hoping to hear your recommendations. The core functionality I need is the ability to translate X/Y coordinates (ASCII file) to my Gerbers
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 13 13:24:19 EDT 2000 | Steve Skinner
The best offline software I have come in contact with is CircuitCam. Go online at www.aiscorp.com or send an email to jspera@aiscorp.com You can use cad, a scanned image, D256 data or gerber files. Check them out.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 12 19:25:29 EST 2001 | Brian W
Fabmaster is Unicam is Tecnomatix now. Tecnomatix bought both Unicam and Fabmaster in the past couple of years. Their software is good. You can also try Cimbridge from GENRAD, CircuitCam. Valor has a very good DFM module. Each one has pros and c
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 25 11:33:49 EST 2008 | ck_the_flip
Poor reading skills......that being said, with good resolution (3 megapixel and up) digital cameras so readily available, and cheap, why not use real pictures? After all, a picture's worth a thousand words... In the '90s, I used to translate CAD/Ge
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 14 17:36:43 EDT 2022 | rgduval
Have you gotten a quote for upgrading to FactoryLogix? Sure there are a lot of other functions in FLx that you won't bother using, but, the license can be tailored to just CAD/Gerber/BOM import, machine programming, and visual aids. You can also im
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 14 17:37:01 EDT 2022 | rgduval
Have you gotten a quote for upgrading to FactoryLogix? Sure there are a lot of other functions in FLx that you won't bother using, but, the license can be tailored to just CAD/Gerber/BOM import, machine programming, and visual aids. You can also im
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 16 09:55:53 EDT 2012 | sarason
You can try my package PCB Synergy. http://members.iinet.net.au/~sarason/ It can panelise many of the data formats it supports, but not all of them. If you mean panelise the PCB for manufacturing the board, then there are literally heaps of gerber
