Homebrew PCBs

Stefan,

No. The macro or canned drill cycle parameters change(during the 
initial empirical testing with YUOR setup). 

Then these parameters are used in EACH "instance" of a dot. 

Alan's "so many units" per... is a good example. All you need is the 
program for one unit. Then you call that set of instructions whenever 
needed(at each desired XY location). I would make a macro for the 
most "typical" packages, which would include all the dot"units" for a 
given device.

To answer your question--I thought I already did with the statement 
that this is not new for pcb fab-- this stuff is NOT hard, and CAN be 
done with free software, and quickly...

For example, Mach2,TCNC, Eagle lite etc. (Have a look at Eagles ULP's 
listing. There is one already made for pick and place...)

Ballendo

P.S. I think Alan is QUITE correct when he says that "somebody"<G> 
might be providing a low cost way to do these things soon...
 

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan 
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I use TurboCNC and in that they have a jump command,  think of a 
goto
> > in prgramming.
> >
> > I move to the X/Y location, then jump to the drilling routine.
> 
>   So you actually manually edit the code, by hand, on a command to 
command 
> basis?
> 
> ST