This is a typical Fiducial.
What type of CAD data should I supply?
What type of BOM should I supply?
Any text file that contains the refence designators & X-Y location of the parts is ideal. You can check to see if you have a text file by opening the file with Windows Notepad. If you can read it, it's a text file. We have CAM software specificly designed to import files of almost any text format. A typical text CAD file will look somehing like this.
Gerber data is not ideal for locating components. However, gerber data can be manually digitized for component location information as a last resort.
Shore Printed Circuits can accept BOMs in almost any file type. The BOM should contain the following fields:
1) Your part number
2) Description
3) Qty
4) Reference Designators
5) Component package (I.E. SOT-23, SO-8, 0603)
6) Manufacturer 1
7) Manufacturer 1 Part Number
8) Manufacturer 2
9) Manufacturer 2 Part Number
Fiducials are used as a data origin & skew alignment for automated SMT equipment.
This is a typical Fiducial.
This is how component fiducials are typically setup. Having component fiducials is helpful for placing fine pitch components.