Apparatus for determining support member layout patterns

摘要

A support pin position determination apparatus (600) that determines the positions at which support pins are to be placed so that the leads of electronic components which have already been mounted on the undersurface of a circuit board are not damaged or the solder lands thereof do not come off includes: a database unit (607); a support pin position determination program storing unit (605); and a calculation control unit (601). The database unit (607) holds component mounting point data (607b), component shape data (607c), and available pin positions at which the support pins are allowed to be placed on a support pin plate (support pin plate data (607a)). The support pin position determination program storing unit (605) stores a support pin position determination program for determining positions at which the support pins are to be placed among the available pin positions, on the basis of the mounting point data and the shape data of the components. The calculation control unit (601) executes the support pin position determination program. The component shape data is data of the shape with a margin of a fixed width added around the outer shape of the component itself.