Mid is the "geometric" center of the object. Who knows exactly how they compute it and what they take into account???? IIRC, this is what I've used in the past.
I believe the Ref if the "Reference" point assigned when the component was built in the library editor. Pad? Dunno. Maybe this uses "Pad1" as a default. You could try placing a part or two and telling us. :) I any case, the assembly house when programming their P&P machines will verify and correct for offsets or inaccuracies in these numbers. I've seen them do tria runs to figure out if all these numbers are correct. Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Fifield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:50 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] .TXT File generation > > > Lloyd, > > That works great! What's the difference between Mid X&Y, Ref X&Y, and Pad > X&Y? > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:51 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] .TXT File generation > > > Tim, > Under the CAM outputs, you have choices to generate gerbers, NC Drill, Pik > and Place etc. This the the section that you wish to use. Just choose to > generate Pick and Place which gives you two files a *.txt and a *.csv file > of the X/Y co-ordinates for the components. Also choose to generate a > Testpoint report, which will output the X/Y co-ordinates of all your > testpoints, provided that you have set all the testpoints as such. Meaning > checked the testpoint box under the pad attributes menu. > > Regards, > Lloyd > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Fifield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:41 AM > To: Protel EDA Form > Subject: [PEDA] .TXT File generation > > > My production facility (not pcb house) is asking for the following: > > X/Y coordinates of components .TXT file > X/Y coordinates of test points/pads in .TXT file > > Is it possible to generate those files in P99SE? If so, how? > > Tim > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
