Re: gEDA-user: pick and place ?plugin?footprints.c? for gerbv

[Steve Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am a little confused here. Are we discussing taking a gerber file and
using it to generate the component location/rotations for a pick and
place machine?

If we are wouldn't it be a lot easier to use the pcb file to generate
the file?

Steve Meier

John Griessen wrote:
> Dave N6NZ wrote:
>   
>> John Griessen wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> The minimalist hack I am planning is to find the silk
>>> layer elements that touch each other first, then the intersection of
>>> the max extents of those with pad centers and call that a group.
>>> Then get human input to weed the groups and add the missing.
>>>       
>> On my SO silk, the sides of the part are inside the pads, not outside. 
>> Will it recognize those?
>>     
>
> Those will only get recognized by a further improved version, not the first cut version.
> First cut will use enclosing boxes, then human input.
>
> I'm planning on redoing my silk outlines that are compact like that, and
> make courtyard boxes instead, because robots placing parts is a wonderful thing.
>
>
> John G
>
> PS  this hack will have to wait til after I return, 7 March ++.
>   



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