Running the CAM processor from the command   line

Stewart wrote:

I just lost a few days on a board due to my being in a hurry.  Does

anyone know how to run the "drillcfg.ulp" and then start-up the CAM

processor to do the rest of the steps???  Or, is there a way to

bypass the step to run the drillcfg.ulp??  I have searched the HELP

for running the CAM from the command line, although, every other

conceivable command is in there, where is CAM???

 

The term 'command line' refers to two uses. One is within Eagle and is the

command line you see in each editor window. The other is outside of Eagle.

It refers to launching applications from a command window or terminal

window.

You cannot run the CAM by typing into the editor command line. You need to

click the CAM icon on the toolbar or select from the drop down menus

File/CAM Processor. Using the keyboard you could type Alt-F followed by

Alt-M.

You can launch Eagle with command line parameters which  tell it to run the

CAM processor (command line method) which is useful for scripts and ULPs. I

suspect this is not what you are after.

Warren

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Stewart wrote:

I just lost a few days on a board due to my being in a hurry.  Does

anyone know how to run the "drillcfg.ulp" and then start-up the CAM

processor to do the rest of the steps???  Or, is there a way to

bypass the step to run the drillcfg.ulp??  I have searched the HELP

for running the CAM from the command line, although, every other

conceivable command is in there, where is CAM???

 

The term 'command line' refers to two uses. One is within Eagle and is the

command line you see in each editor window. The other is outside of Eagle.

It refers to launching applications from a command window or terminal

window.

You cannot run the CAM by typing into the editor command line. You need to

click the CAM icon on the toolbar or select from the drop down menus

File/CAM Processor. Using the keyboard you could type Alt-F followed by

Alt-M.

You can launch Eagle with command line parameters which  tell it to run the

CAM processor (command line method) which is useful for scripts and ULPs. I

suspect this is not what you are after.

Warren

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Warren,

Thanks for your reply.  As I thought I had made clear, I want a one command

solution to generating GERBERS and drill information.  I want to automate

the process so that none of the currently required 3 steps get forgotten in

the current manual process.  I want to do a script/ulp that does the whole

thing, that is run the CAM after the drillcfg has been done.  I did add the

settings from "excellon" to my list of job file configurations. Which, now

I am down to 2 steps, just need to get it down to ONE STEP.  (and of course

I want to do this in the layout editor, not as a command line parameter

during the launch of Eagle from the desktop)

Stewart

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