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Automated release script?

autodeskguest

I am looking to automate the board release process.

 

Does the CAM processor have command line options that can be run through a

script? I have a cam job pre-defined so, by itself, this is not a big issue.

 

We also use the BOM-AM-17.ulp  bill of material processor to make up the

parts list and SMT placement list. Are there any command line options for

this? Are there any general rules for passing data to a ulp by command line?

 

tia - Oppie

 

 

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  • Oppie schrieb:

    I am looking to automate the board release process.

     

    Does the CAM processor have command line options that can be run through

    a script? I have a cam job pre-defined so, by itself, this is not a big

    issue.

     

    You can start eagle with command line options and make, for example,

    a batch file for the CAM processor output.

    See appendix, chapter 10.3, in the EAGLE manual.

     

     

    We also use the BOM-AM-17.ulp  bill of material processor to make up the

    parts list and SMT placement list. Are there any command line options

    for this? Are there any general rules for passing data to a ulp by

    command line?

     

    tia - Oppie

     

     

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

    Richard Hammerl

    CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

    FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

     

  • in reply to Richard_H

    Richard Hammerl wrote on Tue, 21 July 2009 05:21

    Oppie schrieb:

    I am looking to automate the board release process.

     

    Does the CAM processor have command line options that can be run

    through

    a script? I have a cam job pre-defined so, by itself, this is not a

    big

    issue.

     

    You can start eagle with command line options and make, for example,

    a batch file for the CAM processor output.

    See appendix, chapter 10.3, in the EAGLE manual.

     

     

    Richard, is there a way to tell EAGLE to run a CAM job from the command

    line?  I can't see one.  I already have a CAM job with the funky %P

    placeholder (which really helps) so I'd rather have to not go and write a

    bash script or something for every layer to accomplish the same thing.

     

    Ideally, I'd like to see

     

    eagle -CAM 6l-2s-gerbers.cam design.brd

     

    and that would run the CAM processor, load the CAM configuration

    "6l-2s-gerbers.cam" on the design "design.brd".

     

    Cheers,

     

    James.

    --

    James Morrison  ~~~  Stratford Digital

     

    email:  james@eaglecentral.ca

    web: http://www.eaglecentral.ca

     

    Specialising in CadSoft EAGLE

    • Online Sales to North America

    • Electronic Design Services

    • EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit

    --

    Browser access to CadSoft Support Forums at http://www.eaglecentral.ca

     

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  • in reply to Richard_H

    Richard Hammerl wrote on Tue, 21 July 2009 05:21

    Oppie schrieb:

    I am looking to automate the board release process.

     

    Does the CAM processor have command line options that can be run

    through

    a script? I have a cam job pre-defined so, by itself, this is not a

    big

    issue.

     

    You can start eagle with command line options and make, for example,

    a batch file for the CAM processor output.

    See appendix, chapter 10.3, in the EAGLE manual.

     

     

    Richard, is there a way to tell EAGLE to run a CAM job from the command

    line?  I can't see one.  I already have a CAM job with the funky %P

    placeholder (which really helps) so I'd rather have to not go and write a

    bash script or something for every layer to accomplish the same thing.

     

    Ideally, I'd like to see

     

    eagle -CAM 6l-2s-gerbers.cam design.brd

     

    and that would run the CAM processor, load the CAM configuration

    "6l-2s-gerbers.cam" on the design "design.brd".

     

    Cheers,

     

    James.

    --

    James Morrison  ~~~  Stratford Digital

     

    email:  james@eaglecentral.ca

    web: http://www.eaglecentral.ca

     

    Specialising in CadSoft EAGLE

    • Online Sales to North America

    • Electronic Design Services

    • EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit

    --

    Browser access to CadSoft Support Forums at http://www.eaglecentral.ca

     

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  • in reply to autodeskguest

    It would help a lot if the CAM processor had some neat extra features:

    -Add a section load a specific project, brd or sch

    -Add a section to run a specific ULP (also needs access to sch) or

    executable

    -Add a section to print to pdf (also needs access to sch)

     

    This way, i think you could fully automate the release process.

     

     

     

  • in reply to autodeskguest

    James Morrison schrieb:

    Richard Hammerl wrote on Tue, 21 July 2009 05:21

    Oppie schrieb:

    I am looking to automate the board release process.

    Does the CAM processor have command line options that can be run

    through

    a script? I have a cam job pre-defined so, by itself, this is not a

    big

    issue.

     

    You can start eagle with command line options and make, for example,

    a batch file for the CAM processor output.

    See appendix, chapter 10.3, in the EAGLE manual.

     

    Richard, is there a way to tell EAGLE to run a CAM job from the command

    line?  I can't see one.  I already have a CAM job with the funky %P

    placeholder (which really helps) so I'd rather have to not go and write a

    bash script or something for every layer to accomplish the same thing.

     

    Ideally, I'd like to see

     

    eagle -CAM 6l-2s-gerbers.cam design.brd

     

    and that would run the CAM processor, load the CAM configuration

    "6l-2s-gerbers.cam" on the design "design.brd".

     

    James,

     

    no you can't load a CAM job this way.

    You have to write a script/batch file that generates one Gebrer file

    after the other...

     

    eagle -X -dgerber_rs274x -ogeberfile.cmp  test.brd  1 17 18

    eagle -X -dgerber_rs274x -ogeberfile.sol  test.brd 16 17 18

    eagle -X -dgerber_rs274x -ogeberfile.plc  test.brd 20 21 25

     

     

    and so on....

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

    Richard Hammerl

    CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

    FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

     

  • in reply to Richard_H

    On 01/21/2010 04:46 AM, Richard Hammerl wrote:

    James Morrison schrieb:

    Richard Hammerl wrote on Tue, 21 July 2009 05:21

    Oppie schrieb:

    I am looking to automate the board release process.

    Does the CAM processor have command line options that can be run

    through

    a script? I have a cam job pre-defined so, by itself, this is not a

    big

    issue.

     

    James,

     

    no you can't load a CAM job this way.

    You have to write a script/batch file that generates one Gebrer file

    after the other...

     

    eagle -X -dgerber_rs274x -ogeberfile.cmp  test.brd  1 17 18

    eagle -X -dgerber_rs274x -ogeberfile.sol  test.brd 16 17 18

    eagle -X -dgerber_rs274x -ogeberfile.plc  test.brd 20 21 25

     

     

    and so on....

     

     

    You could combine this with a batch script that parses the .cam file to

    produce a temporary shell script that then gets executed.

     

    Maybe adding an "execute ULP" would be a good suggestion for a command

    line option.  I can see where the release process might bump a global

    attribute "REVISION".  There's no way to do this from the command line.

     

    Of course, when XML .sch and .brd files are available, it'd be easy to

    parse that to pull pertinent data out of it.

     

    Enjoy,

        - Chuck