Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-22 Thread Dennis Saputelli
(2.286mm) 16 0 Total 750 190 -Original Message- From: Steve Wiseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 3:08 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-22 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 06:07 PM 11/19/2003, Steve Wiseman wrote: Sounds to me like sorting the BOM based on footprint will get the answer as accurately as is needed for this... I'd agree, generally. There might be an exception; perhaps a board has a huge pile of discrete SMT and through-hole devices. However:

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-20 Thread Tony Karavidas
19, 2003 3:08 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components 19/11/2003 21:45:18, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, another, perhaps more practical and safer alternative would be to generate three lists: SMT, through-hole, and possibly

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread HxEngr
In a message dated 11/18/2003 4:19:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Protel 99SE has a Report Generating Mechanism for BOM creation. I want an add-on utility or a process script that can separately count the number of SMD and Through-hole components. Can

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:38 AM 11/18/2003, you wrote: The Protel 99SE has a Report Generating Mechanism for BOM creation. I want an add-on utility or a process script that can separately count the number of SMD and Through-hole components. Can someone comment on it ?. The Protel database does not contain

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread Dennis Saputelli
are you speaking of the schematic BOM or the PCB BOM ? either way there is no way (that i know of) to automatically distinguish an SMD part from a TH part perhaps if the schematic part had a part field filled out SMD or TH it would be a help since to build your bd you will need to construct a

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread Leo Potjewijd
At 19/11/2003 01:09, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote (among other things): (2) If any of the pads of a component are through-hole pads (on Multilayer), the component is a through-hole component. snip-snip It is rare, however, that a surface mount component would have any through-hole pads associated

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 07:09 PM 11/18/2003, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: It is rare, however, that a surface mount component would have any through-hole pads associated with it. Vias, yes, maybe, pads, no. (Of course, Protel treats vias and pads somewhat interchangeably, but one could ordinarily choose to use vias

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread John Haddy
components and provide a list of the rest for the designer to parse. John Haddy Sydney, Australia -Original Message- From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2003 8:45 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:35 AM 11/19/2003, Leo Potjewijd wrote: At 19/11/2003 01:09, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote (among other things): [a list of assumptions] I must say that these statements are not entirely correct: many SMD connectors need holes in the PCB for positioning or letting the mating part through. I

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread Steve Wiseman
19/11/2003 21:45:18, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, another, perhaps more practical and safer alternative would be to generate three lists: SMT, through-hole, and possibly mixed. The large majority of components would orginarily not be ambiguous. Since this is all to

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-19 Thread Dennis Saputelli
smd pad count is usually wanted (for quote purposes) for test reasons (SMD pad count can be reckoned easily from BOARD INFORMATION report) drill hole count these days is usually not a factor unless holes per square inch exceed some very high densisty which is not typically encountered (possibly

[PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-18 Thread Adeel Malik
Hi All, The Protel 99SE has a Report Generating Mechanism for BOM creation. I want an add-on utility or a process script that can separately count the number of SMD and Through-hole components. Can someone comment on it ?. Regards, ADEEL MALIK * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [PEDA] Utility to count SMD/Through-hole components

2003-11-18 Thread Ian Wilson
On 08:38 PM 18/11/2003, Adeel Malik said: Hi All, The Protel 99SE has a Report Generating Mechanism for BOM creation. I want an add-on utility or a process script that can separately count the number of SMD and Through-hole components. Can someone comment on it ?. What is a SMD component