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QR Barcode

Wild
Wild over 4 years ago

Hi Folks!
New request from the boss, they want to add QR Barcodes to our PCB's.  Did a little searching and I haven't found a solution that works well for 16.6.  Does anyone have ideas?
I can create them as a dxf and bring them in, but not all the shapes are filled in.  I can do this manually, be it's a PIA.

Thanks in advance,

Wild

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  • masamasa
    masamasa over 4 years ago

    i usually create a gerber file for bar codes then import it.

    for importing dxf files, u need to convert lines to shapes.

    https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/pcb-skill/7407/axlskill-function-to-convert-a-cline-to-a-shape

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  • masamasa
    masamasa over 4 years ago

    i usually create a gerber file for bar codes then import it.

    for importing dxf files, u need to convert lines to shapes.

    https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/pcb-skill/7407/axlskill-function-to-convert-a-cline-to-a-shape

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  • Wild
    Wild over 4 years ago in reply to masamasa

    TY for the reply.  I understand the dxf conversions and the steps that will need to be done.
    I prefer not to edit the gerbers, there always last minute changes that seem to be required after I create the artwork, I would rather do it in Allegro.

    There is a tool from FlowCAD, but it costs.....  My boss doesn't like to spend $

    The import using logo maker is not usable.

    Looks like I will need do the dxf in and creat filed shapes as needed.

    Many thanks,

    Wild

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  • masamasa
    masamasa over 4 years ago in reply to Wild

    do u have a tool to convert a dxf file to a gerber file?

    if so, u can import the gerber file to ur allegro.

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  • oldmouldy
    oldmouldy over 4 years ago in reply to Wild

    You could give this a try: https://www.mediafire.com/file/9m6lohjnnr1n01h/AllegroQRCodeGenerator172.zip/file

    Windows only. QR Code is traditionally dark dots and light gaps but silkscreen is light dots and dark gaps so options to "reverse" and add a border to simulate a "normal" image (either seems to be recognized though). This hasn't been tested in a good while so there may be issues now, security with later Windows 10 builds for example, that weren't apparent when this was last tested.

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  • jatins
    jatins over 4 years ago in reply to oldmouldy

    I tried using the mentioned QR Code Generator and i am getting xxx.dra and xxx.bsm files as output. 

    The dra file has Package Geometry> Silkscreen_Top as shown here:

    My question is how can i convert this into actual qr code that can be read by phone camera right away.

    TIA!

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  • myil17
    myil17 over 3 years ago in reply to jatins

    Hi Jatins,

    Could you find solution to this? How could you locate the root directory for QR Code Generator?

    BR

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