[PCB_FORUM] Re: Gerbers to placement file

Hi Jerry,
No flame here... We have a customer who is asking this of us and we are
trying to find the best solution. Therefore I am looking for ALL possible
solutions.... if allegro does the trick then so be it. If its gerbtool or
gcprevue or valor that works too. :-)
Dharma

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I think it's great that there are some solutions for things like this and
the
previous posting on panels.
 
I just question why anyone is using Allegro as a CAM tool.
 
Please no flames. ;)
 

Jerry 

 

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Only way I have seen this done in the past is to:

*       Import the gerbers with the pad targets on. 

*       Create packages that correspond to the pad and silkscreen locations
(or use existing packages), using the BOM if you have one. 

*       Substitute the packages where they belong 

*       Extract the placement.

Rather time consuming, but time is money :)
 
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[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dharma Kemp-Bresett
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Hi Everyone,
I have an interesting question (which I will be posting on a couple of
forums so some of you may see this more than once)....
If all I have is gerbers can I make a placement file from them? I don't need
a netlist just x - y coordinates... I am hoping someone else here has been
faced with this situation before and can point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance,
Dharma
 

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