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