Does anyone have a script or could they make one for me that runs all the output files for instance.
Silkscreen Generator
Gerbers
IPC356 netlist
GenCad
Drill files
PDF Drawings
I would like to do this in one script!
Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Erik P. Wainwright
Sr. PCB Designer
Viasat Inc.
6122 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA. 92008
(760)-476-2454
PDF Files? You mean Assembly Drawings?
Hello Erik,
there be should some in Kendalls Auto Active Toolkit at https://sourceforge.net/projects/uwtoolbox/
Also see section Pro Engines in his thread http://communities.mentor.com/thread/3490
regards,
Andreas
Erik,
What you are asking is not a trivial task. It is also not a 'one size fits all' kind of thing. There are several reasons for this:
Having said that, I can assure you that it is possible to do all the things you asked, and meet all the company specific requirements for what to output, how to name the files, and where to put them. A lot of it is done by writing out the Gerber/Drill setup files in the Config directory, then executing the output commands programmatically. In a lot of cases it's only a question of executing the command via a script. Getting the syntax right for creating those config files is a bit tricky. From there, it is a lot of File I/O operations to create directories, copy/move files, rename them etc.
The Gui.ProcessCommand function is very useful. It is what you use to execute commands via scripts. Here is an example that writes out Gerber data: (VB6)
Private Sub write_gerber()
Dim gui As gui
Dim dlg As Dialog
Dim btn As button
Set gui = app.gui
gui.SuppressTrivialDialogs = True
If gui.ProcessCommand("Output->Gerber", True) Then
Set dlg = gui.FindDialog("Gerber Output")
If dlg.IsValid() Then
Set btn = dlg.FindButton("Process Checked Output Files")
If btn.IsValid Then
Call btn.Click
'MsgBox ("Found Process Checked Output Files button")
Else
MsgBox ("The Process Checked Output Files button was not found.")
End If
Set btn = dlg.FindButton("Close")
Call btn.Click
Else
MsgBox ("The Gerber Output Dialog box was not found.")
End If
Else
MsgBox ("The Output Gerber Command was not found. Try restarting the Application.")
End If
MsgBox ("Gerber Data is in the /Output/Gerber directory.")
End Sub
I hope this gets you going on the right path.
-Patrick
Hello Sir,
Can you please help me to make the script for changing the gerber layer name in xpedition.
Hello Erik-san,
Do you want the sample script which uses the Automatio Pro?
Regards,
Satoru