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(4)
As shown below,
select “CSV” and “Metric” in the popup dialog box, click “OK” to
finish. The generated CSV file can be found in same directory as project outputs.
(5)
The CSV format is given by
Designator
/
Footprint
/MidX/MidY/
RefX
/
RefY
/
PadX
/
PadY
/Layer/Rotation/Comment
where black=input data,
blue=displayed
and
green=not used
. The data is not read
properly if unused columns are deleted.
Figure
13.4.
Altium showing dialog box, for setting CSV output format with mm units.
(6)
RefX\Y is the user-defined reference point; Pad X\Y is the pad 1 coordinate.
13.1.2. Protel
(1)
Open existing PCB file, note, same component must have same designator,
otherwise one component may occupy more than one material stack, since
convert tool identifies different material stack by designator of component;
(2)
Selecting “Edit / Origin / Set” in menu bar to setting PCB origin, note, for top layer
setting origin in left bottom corner of PCB, for bottom layer setting origin in bottom
right corner of PCB and check mirror image option when converting;
(3)
See figure below, select “File / CAM Manager” in menu bar;
