The story of Altium Designer (and its preceding versions): the ongoing provision of new features which have not been thought through thoroughly, and which thus leave so much to be desired in their actual implementation.
I don't know if it's still the case, but when Embedded Board Array objects were first provided, and a PCB file was saved in ASCII format, *none* of the details of any such objects were specified within the resulting PCB file. (I'm *not* suggesting that all of the details within the PCB file referred to by each such object should be saved within the ASCII format PCB file - *but* the values of the properties of each such object, as listed in the Inspector Panel, or List Panel, or properties dialog, *should* be saved within that PCB file.) And there are various other aspects about those objects which were (and probably still are) similarly underwhelming in nature. As such, I'm not suggesting that they should never be deployed, but anyone who ever does deploy them should keep in mind that it is not that far-fetched to think of those objects as being "half-baked" in nature, and to subsequently never make any assumptions (of a reasonable nature or otherwise) about any aspects of their functionality. Regards, Geoff Harland. > Hi Carlos. > > AFAIK you can't create a pick and place for an > embedded panel in at least the early versions of > AD. > > Regards, > Darren > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have created a panel using the embedded board array feature > > in Altium > > designer SP4. I then generated gerber and NC drill files for > > that panel. I > > then tried generating the pick and place file for the panel, > > but it is > > empty. If I create a panel by copying the pcb and arrange it > > in a panel > > format the pick and place file is fine. Can somebody show me > > how to create > > the pick and place from an embedded board array? > > > > Thanks for your help > > > > Carlos ____________________________________________________________ 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]
