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Topaz files, information - 07-/08-11 by chus

Topaz files, information - 07-/08-11 by Kevslatvin

Topaz files, information - 07-/10-11 by sarason

Topaz files, information - 07-/11-11 by chus

Topaz files, information - 07-/11-11 by sarason

Topaz files, information - 02-/20-12 by acsscott

Topaz files, information - 02-/21-12 by Vinit

Topaz files, information - 02-/22-12 by sarason

Topaz files, information - 03-/15-12 by daniel

chus

#64607

Topaz files, information | 8 July, 2011

Hello,
i´m trying to do a program to convert a text file from Altium to Topaz-X files. But i dont have any information about its format. Can someone help me

Thanks

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Kevslatvin

#64619

Topaz files, information | 8 July, 2011

I use a program called Cad2Cad to convert the data for our Opals. It was given to me by the Assembleon sales rep when we were shopping machines. It was free at the time but I'm not sure if you have to be under contract to get it from them now. I take the .txt output from Altium and strip out what I don't need in Excel and then save it as a .csv for import into Cad2Cad.

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sarason

#64625

Topaz files, information | 10 July, 2011

You can use mine.

At http://users.tpg.com.au/sarason/index.html
Sarason

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chus

#64627

Topaz files, information | 11 July, 2011

Thanks i will to prove the program of Sarason.

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sarason

#64636

Topaz files, information | 11 July, 2011

The program reads the Altium PCB directly and does some preprocessing, like centreing DPAK's etc. The ordering of components can be sorted by Designator. Top, bottom, SMT only components can be selected. There are 2 variation on VIOS :- JH_YM100_VIOS, Yamaha YVxx series and 2 variations on UFOS :- Yamaha YM6021, Yamaha YMxx series. The program can't do any feeder sorting after this.

regards Sarason.

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acsscott

#65877

Topaz files, information | 20 February, 2012

Have you done any more work on this? I have a program that reads the Altium files, a feeder database,and makes a UFOS file for the older CSM machines. I can't get the UFOS to VIOS convertor on our Topaz X to read the UFOS *.BRD files. It stops and give an error when converting to VIOS.

I am going to make a new version to write a a VIOS file.

Does anyone have the offline VIOS editor optimiser utility for a PC?

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Vinit

#65882

Topaz files, information | 21 February, 2012

Hello,

We developed a small software tool - PROCAM which imports Gerber data and allows the user to automatically convert pads to components and then outputs directly a VIOS file for use in Topaz or any other GemLine machine. If you need more information, you can contact me offline at vinit.verma@prosemtechnology.com

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sarason

#65897

Topaz files, information | 22 February, 2012

I have done some revision work on the UFOS format. But in my research I found that the format has a bit of variation in it on my old YM6021 the component field has 6 digits and the later YM series it has 8, also does the designator comment crash your machine. The other question was the panel information. I assumed O00001 that is (Oh 4 *zero + 1)was the first panel. If you have any more data / version information,

an old DOS program you know is correct I am very interested!

The VIOS file has also undergone revision and could do with a little more as I have conflicted information on what constitutes a valid line in the feeder part of the file
ex: "&F 1=TQFP-44A "
my other example has
"&F 0=SOL-20000000000000003000000000000"
or thereabouts.

reagrds Sarason

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daniel

#66009

Topaz files, information | 15 March, 2012

AMS 2.0 contact assemblon its expensive but works great for our machines.

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