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I have created an ULP to generate input files for LitePlacer directly from CadSoft Eagle.

I thought this could be helpful for other users, hence I am posting it here.

To use, just download the ZIP and extract the file to your ULP folder (usually <EAGLE-Directory>\ulp\). Open a Board (.brd) and type "run liteplacer" into EAGLE command line or select "Run ULP" from menu "File".

Feedback and suggestions are welcome.

Thank you very much! I appreciate your support.

Thanks for this. It works great with the initial LitePLacer but is slightly the wrong format for LitePlacer V2. Quotation marks and field naming are the main difference I noticed. Ill update with more details when I do some more testing. Might even tweak the ULP myself and upload here.

Thanks for the feedback. I am currently on vacation but will rework the ULP when I return.

Hi, I tried your UPL with Eagle Version 5.5 and it does not run. I realize your UPL is probably for Version 6 and up. Do you have a version of your UPL that will run on Eagle Version 5.5? Please…..

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I found two UPLs that work with Eagle V5, Mount-marks.upl and Mountsmd.upl.

While in Eagle board run the UPL it exports a text file. Then import the text file in Microsoft XL and save as CSV.

it works, Boots-2b1

Hi,

> Then import the text file in Microsoft XL and save as CSV.

Send me a sample of the text file. It might be easy to skip that step and have the software read in the text file directly - or maybe not, but I'd like to have a look.

Hi,
Further work on the Eagle V5 or below UPL, new latest and greatest version, works for 2 side boards and has all the quotes and comas in the right places and saves as a CSV file

Liteplacer ULP with new field names (Ref X,Ref Y) working with Eagle 7.6.0 (I think anything 5.0 and above will be fine) . Any feedback on it welcome. Output file loads directly into Lite-placer software.

Small update to make this work with Eagle 7.6.0 and liteplacer Version: 1.0.6151.32041, build date: 03.11.2016 17:48:02

The bottom side ULP flips Y values by turning positive values negative and negative values positive as workaround for this bug with board origins in board center: https://github.com/jkuusama/LitePlacer-DEV/issues/45 (import the bottom side csv without checking the "bottom" checkbox). It might not work properly for boards with origin in a corner. Please report back.