cman,
Which placement machines do you use? What software do you use to program them?
There are several solutions out there such as CAM CAD, Valor, CircuitCAM, whatever Unicam is called these days... I can't keep up with the acquisitions.
None of those are free. I'm not aware of any free tools to do what you are asking. It has been a few years since I looked at a Mentor file but I'm looking at one right now.
If I remember correctly you get the X, Y, Theta from the ############################################# ###Component Information ############################################# section, in a line like this: COMP U29 '21154-AB
So this is U29 at X=15.241, Y=2.219, top side?, Theta=0
If all you need is something to pull that data from the COMP line, I can probably give you something that will work, and I won't ask to be reimbursed for it.
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