making componet location file.

Use the editor command EXPORT PARTLIST filename

Clem

On 26/04/15 02:44, Clem Martins wrote:

Use the editor command EXPORT PARTLIST filename

Clem

 

Some post-processing may be required to achieve a specific format, if

the board house really require that, using your text processing language

of choice. Alternatively, a ULP could be written to generate the correct

format directly.

I believe an excel could import and move the columns around and export again.

I did not suggest ULP because of the coding efforts. Most are not able to tackle without many questions.

There are some existing ULPs to generate x,y,rot coordinates for smd parts on an eagle brd.    I think they are called "mountsmd.ulp"  or maybe just "mount.ulp".   One of these ULPs would be a good (at least) starting point.    If the OP could identify a particular machine format there might already be a ulp written.....

Jim

Copy and paste the following code into a new file and name it "exp-coordinates.ulp".

Put this file in the ulp directory of Eagle.

Open your board and run this ulp.

<<<<<<<<<<<<< the code starts after this line >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

#usage "<b>Export coordinates</b>\n"

       "<p>"

       "Generates a file that can be used with pick-and-place machines. "

       "The x- and y- coordinates (units: milli-meters) are taken from "

       "the origin point of the part in the layout."

       "All elements populated in currently set assembly variant are considered."

       "<p>"

       "The syntax of the output data looks like this:"

       "<p>"

       "<tt>Reference;Value;X-Pos;Y-Pos;Orientation;Side</tt>"

       "<p>"

       "<author>Author: Teunis van Beelen teuniz@gmail.com</author>"

if(board) board(B) {

  // Get filename

  string fileName = dlgFileSave("Save File", filesetext(B.name, ".csv"), "*.csv");

  if (fileName == "") exit(0);

  output(fileName)

  {

    printf("Reference;Value;X-Pos;Y-Pos;Orientation;Side;\n");

    B.elements(E) if (E.populate)

    {

      printf("%s;%s;%f;%f;%f;",

            E.name, E.value, u2mm(E.x), u2mm(E.y), E.angle);

      if (E.mirror)

      {

        printf("Bottom;\n");

      }

      else

      {

        printf("Top;\n");

      }

    }

  }

}

else

{

  dlgMessageBox("\n    Start this ULP in a board    \n");

  exit (0);

}

EXPORT PARTLIST did what they asked for.