Pick and Place Data Format

e14softwareuk — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:25:15 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by e14softwareuk on 1/11/2018 8:25:15 AM

CircuitStudio includes the ability to generate a pick and place data file for a PCB, typically used by an assembly house to help automate the population of a board. You can configure the units (metric or imperial) and the file format (text or CSV) from the Outputs | Pick and Place menu option. The data columns in the output file are documented below, the files are plain text and so can be viewed with a simple text editor like Notepad or loaded into Excel or other spreadsheet.

Column Name	Example	Description
Designator	U91	Component reference designator.
Footprint	DIP14	The name of the footprint, as seen when viewing a list of library components or viewing the property dialog of the component (Footprint : Name field)
Mid X	1050mil	Center point of component, automatically calculated by CircuitStudio.
Mid Y	700mil
Ref X	900mil	Location of reference point set in the library editor for the component (set using Home \| References menu). This is also the point that the cursor snaps to when moving a component on the PCB*.
Ref Y	900mil
Pad X	900mil	Location of pin 1 of the component, automatically calculated by CircuitStudio.
Pad Y	1000mil
TB	T	Flag to indicate if component is located on Top or Bottom of the board.
Rotation	0.00	Rotation angle set for this component. A library component added to a PCB starts at 0.00 (regardless of if the footprint looks to be horizontal, vertical or some other angle).
Comment	SN74LS00NSN74LS00N	Text extracted from the Comment field of the component (Comment : Text field within the component property dialog).

*It is a good idea to make sure the reference point is set to coincide with a pin to help keep components on grid when re-positioning them on the PCB.

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