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<span id="index-0"></span><h1>Pick & place<a class="headerlink" href="#pick-place" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
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<p>Generates the file with position information for the PCB components, used by the pick and place machine.
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This output is what you get from the ‘File/Fabrication output/Footprint position (.pos) file’ menu in pcbnew.</p>
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<p>Type: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">position</span></code></p>
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<p>Category: <strong>PCB/fabrication/assembly</strong></p>
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<li><p><strong>comment</strong> <span class="target" id="index-1"></span>: [string=’’] A comment for documentation purposes. It helps to identify the output.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>dir</strong> <span class="target" id="index-2"></span>: [string=’./’] Output directory for the generated files.
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If it starts with <cite>+</cite> the rest is concatenated to the default dir.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>name</strong> <span class="target" id="index-3"></span>: [string=’’] Used to identify this particular output definition.
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Avoid using <cite>_</cite> as first character. These names are reserved for KiBot.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>options</strong> <span class="target" id="index-4"></span>: [dict] Options for the <cite>position</cite> output.</p>
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<li><p>Valid keys:</p>
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<li><p><strong>format</strong> <span class="target" id="index-5"></span>: [string=’ASCII’] [ASCII,CSV] Format for the position file.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>only_smd</strong> <span class="target" id="index-6"></span>: [boolean=true] Only include the surface mount components.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>output</strong> <span class="target" id="index-7"></span>: [string=’%f-%i%I%v.%x’] Output file name (%i=’top_pos’|’bottom_pos’|’both_pos’, %x=’pos’|’csv’).
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Important: when using separate files you must use <cite>%i</cite> to differentiate them. Affected by global options.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>separate_files_for_front_and_back</strong> <span class="target" id="index-8"></span>: [boolean=true] Generate two separated files, one for the top and another for the bottom.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>units</strong> <span class="target" id="index-9"></span>: [string=’millimeters’] [millimeters,inches,mils] Units used for the positions. Affected by global options.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bottom_negative_x</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-10"></span>: [boolean=false] Use negative X coordinates for footprints on bottom layer.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">columns</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-11"></span>: [list(dict)|list(string)] Which columns are included in the output.</p>
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<li><p><strong>id</strong> <span class="target" id="index-12"></span>: [string=’’] [Ref,Val,Package,PosX,PosY,Rot,Side] Internal name.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-13"></span>: [string=’’] Name to use in the output file. The id is used when empty.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dnf_filter</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-14"></span>: [string|list(string)=’_none’] Name of the filter to mark components as not fitted.
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A short-cut to use for simple cases where a variant is an overkill.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">include_virtual</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-15"></span>: [boolean=false] Include virtual components. For special purposes, not pick & place.
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Note that virtual components is a KiCad 5 concept.
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For KiCad 6+ we replace this concept by the option to exclude from position file.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pre_transform</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-16"></span>: [string|list(string)=’_none’] Name of the filter to transform fields before applying other filters.
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A short-cut to use for simple cases where a variant is an overkill.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">quote_all</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-17"></span>: [boolean=false] When generating the CSV quote all values, even numbers.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">right_digits</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-18"></span>: [number=4] number of digits for mantissa part of coordinates (0 is auto).</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">use_aux_axis_as_origin</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-19"></span>: [boolean=true] Use the auxiliary axis as origin for coordinates (KiCad default).</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">variant</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-20"></span>: [string=’’] Board variant to apply.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>type</strong> <span class="target" id="index-21"></span>: [string=’’] Type of output.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">category</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-22"></span>: [string|list(string)=’’] The category for this output. If not specified an internally defined category is used.
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Categories looks like file system paths, i.e. <strong>PCB/fabrication/gerber</strong>.
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The categories are currently used for <cite>navigate_results</cite>.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">disable_run_by_default</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-23"></span>: [string|boolean] Use it to disable the <cite>run_by_default</cite> status of other output.
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">extends</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-24"></span>: [string=’’] Copy the <cite>options</cite> section from the indicated output.
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">groups</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-25"></span>: [string|list(string)=’’] One or more groups to add this output. In order to catch typos
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">output_id</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-26"></span>: [string=’’] Text to use for the %I expansion content. To differentiate variations of this output.</p></li>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">priority</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-27"></span>: [number=50] [0,100] Priority for this output. High priority outputs are created first.
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">run_by_default</span></code> <span class="target" id="index-28"></span>: [boolean=true] When enabled this output will be created when no specific outputs are requested.</p></li>
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