I'd further add to this, that I have never found Cadstar to be very good
at creating pick & place files.
Mainly because, unless the component is created in the same 0 degree
rotation that it is on the
P&P machine, you have a 'lot' of fiddling to do to get them aligned
correctly.
Either that or the entire SMT library needs checking & adjusting to
match the same default rotation.
I have found it much better to use GC-Place for the P&P files & leave
Cadstar to making the PCB files.
Matthew Lamkin.
P.S> If your in need of Cadstar answers, there is a Cadstar users email
forum at http://www.egroups.com/group/cadstarusers
>>Mark,
>
>>If CadStar is like the rest of Zuken's products, the rotation is as follows.
>
>>0 is "east"
>>1 is "north"
>>2 is "west"
>>3 is "south"
>
>>rotation is anti-clockwise (counter clockwise for us Yanks)
>
>>The only caveat is that you must know how the part was oriented when the
>>symbol was drawn. That is, was it created pointing up, down, or sideways,
>>left or right. Once you know this, you can determine how it was rotated
>>from its original configuration.
>
>>Tom Hybiske
>>DRS Communications Co.
>>Wyndmoor, PA
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Our manufacturing plant has a pick and place file which I believe was
>> created using Cadstar. The rotations given for the parts are
>> 0,1,2 and 3.
>> My questions are: what angles to these numbers correspond to,
>> and is the
>> rotation clockwise or anti-clock wise? They don't have a bare
>> board to hand
>> at the moment, so any advice would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>
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