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PnP files from Eagle CAD ready for production ?
1091 1 Sep 12.2019, 17:53:31

Hello all,
I have experience with preparing files for PCB production. (Generating Gerber and Drill files). Now, I have board that I need to have assembled by the manufacturing company and I don't know what type of files I need to send. 
So I know that I have to send BOM and production files, and also Pick and place files. I found that I can generate PnP files in Eagle with mountsmd.ulp script but I don't know if that format is going to work for manufacturer. Also, I had some custom footprints created on this board, and I want to know how this affects the PnP files.
Thanks,

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A****min

Sep 18.2019, 17:34:59

Well, does Eagle provide any sort of placement file?  What they want is a file with type of component, X-Y position of center of component, rotation of component, and maybe part identifier.  So, it could look like :
C46 10.43 13.65  90.0   0.1UF
And so on.  (Above units would be mm.)
I would expect if the CAD package can generate such a file, they will already have a script or program that will convert it automatically from most common CAD systems.

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