> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill > Moffitt (New Class Five, Inc.) > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEDA] Pick & Place problem > > I've got a design which has been built by the pcb shop. > We're taking it over to the assembly house for pick & place > soldering on the machine. The components on the board all > have their center as pin 1. The assembly house needs the > x/y data to have the center as the center of the part. If > I change the part in the library and update the board with > the new component info, the part moves on the board. > > Is there any way to move a part from a particular point, such > as from a pin, instead of the default way protel moves it > from the center? > > Has any one created a script to solve this sort of problem?
Bill I thought the first fields MidX MidY were always the centre values? If you make a test footprint with 2 pads, set pin 1 as the ref point and place pad 2, 2mm north of it. Place it on a blank PCB with pin one at location x 2mm, y 2mm from origin and pin 2 facing north. So we have pin one at x 2mm, y 2mm and the centre of the part should be x 2mm, y 3mm. If I run a PP report on this test board I get this (might need to make your browser maximised to read this formatted). "Designator","Footprint","Mid X","Mid Y","Ref X","Ref Y","Pad X","Pad Y" "P6","NSWE-PADS","2mm","3mm","2mm","2mm","2mm","2mm","T","360.00","Comment" As you will see the MidX,MidY values, fields 3 & 4 are the correct values for the centre (pp point), but fields 5 & 6 the RefX, RefY points are your pin one location. So you should already have the information you need, I think ;-), I could always be wrong. Hope it helps John ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
