Homebrew PCBs

Just checked the "how do you get a pick and place file" question.
Asked the orcad help and it says go to "create component report" and you 
get
a file like that:


REF DES    VALUE            PACKAGE          
FOOTPRINT                      X LOC      Y LOC      ROTATION
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C1         1N               C_ELECT          
CYL/D.175/LS.100/.031           -63.50 mm  29.21 mm  90
C2         15P              C                
CYL/D.175/LS.100/.031           -33.02 mm  38.10 mm  180
C3         15P              C                
CYL/D.175/LS.100/.031           -33.02 mm  43.18 mm  180
D1         1N4617           1N4617           
AX/.400X.100/.031               -36.83 mm  22.86 mm  90

So that seems not the problem.
You can change a part origin in the library.

Still - preparing the file, and especially preparing the components in a 
"machine friendly" way
will most likely take you longer than just putting them where you want 
them.
You would need to tell the machine where which part is located, and then 
add a "fetch part" line
before each "place part" line.
But converting the above file to the "dop part" seems not the hardest 
thing to do.

ST