| ID: | 3424 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Sun, 29 Sep 2019 05:25:12 +0200 (CEST) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] NC Drill generation |
| in-reply-to: | 3423 from Jim Lynch <ji...@k4gvo.com> |
Hi Jim,
On Sat, 28 Sep 2019, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Igor answered this question once, but I didn't write it down. How does one
> generate a drill file?
>
"NC Drill" file normally refers to the Excellon format. You have 3 ways
getting them:
- If you need only excellon drill files, you can do a direct export using
the execllon export format; on GUI use the "File/Export layout" menu or
the {f e} key combination and select excellon; on CLI use -x excellon.
Unless you have an CNC router it's unlikely you want drill files only.
- For the transition time, direct exporting to gerber using any of the old
naming styles (e.g. "fixed") will still cross-call the excellon export
plugin and produce the extra (non-gerber) drill files. It will also
generate a bunch of warnings telling you that this feature will be removed
soon. So you shouldn't depend on this too much. (This is what geda/pcb
used to do in a hardwired way: any export to gerber also exported to
excellon as a side effect)
- What you probably should do instead of direct exporting is CAM
exporting, using "File/Export with CAM job..." or {f c} on the GUI or "-x
cam jobname" on the CLI. The CAM exporter is designed to invoke multiple
export plugins (e.g. gerber and excellon). pcb-rnd is shipped with
preconfigured CAM jobs for the most popular fab houses so you get file
names you can directly upload to them. If you have a fab not yet
supported, please contact me.
HTH,
Igor2
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