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Pick and Place Setup

Created: July 28, 2015 | Updated: June 19, 2017 | Applies to versions: 15.1, 16.0 and 16.1
Now reading version 15.1. For the latest, read: Pick and Place Setup for version 21

The Pick and Place Setup dialog

Summary

This dialog provides configuration options when generating pick and place component location files.

Access

The Pick and Place Setup dialog can be accessed from the PCB Editor by clicking File » Assemble Outputs » Generates pick and place files.

Options/Controls

  • Formats - use this region to specify in which format (CSV and/or Text) you wish to generate output.
  • Units - use this region to specify whether to use Imperial or Metric units of measurement for the component location coordinates.
After clicking OK, the file(s) will be generated (Pick Place for <PCBDocumentName>.csv and/or Pick Place for <PCBDocumentName>.txt). The files will be stored in accordance with the Output Path defined on the Project Options - Options dialog.  
The files will appear in the Projects panel under the Generated\Text Documents sub-folder for the project. If the option to Use separate folder for each output type is enabled on the Options tab of the Project Options dialog, the files will appear in the panel under the Generated (Pick Place Output)\Text Documents sub-folder.

 

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