How do I create holes and positions from imported DXF

Am 27.05.2016 um 06:54 schrieb Sean Hearder:

Hi All

 

I have a panel that i have designed which has switches, buttons, knobs (rotaries), LEDs and a LCD screen. I have imported the DXF version of this into Eagle on the dimension layer. I will machine a 300mmx300mm Double sided board.

 

What i want to know: Some circles on the DXF are HOLES some are positions for LEDs.

 

How do i go about selecting a circle and making it a HOLE without redrawing a polygon and TRYING to align it. Also, how do i move other circles to a different layer for positioning of the LEDs?

 

Hope that makes sense.

 

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

to move a circle to a other layer:

ex. tPlace

Change-> Layer-> tPlace

then click on the circles witch do want to move.

Maybe you can "move" the holes/circles to the Holeslayer(45)

or

Make a new Layer (display) "Helper" (color mybe a ugglyone like purple)

move the holes-cricles to this layer.

then place holes with the drill that you want (hole 3.2mm)

near by the holescircles.

With the "info" you can get the coords of the circle.

now "info" the hole and type in the coords of the circle.

(the hole move to circle)

If you done with all "holes" you can delete the helper layer

(the Helperlayer will be needfull.

1. so you have a Layer with the holes-cricles and they of

   your import layer.

2. you can check with circles do you move to holes.

I hope i explained it unterstandfull (english is

  not my native-language)

HTH

Werner

Am 27.05.2016 um 06:54 schrieb Sean Hearder:

Hi All

 

I have a panel that i have designed which has switches, buttons, knobs (rotaries), LEDs and a LCD screen. I have imported the DXF version of this into Eagle on the dimension layer. I will machine a 300mmx300mm Double sided board.

 

What i want to know: Some circles on the DXF are HOLES some are positions for LEDs.

 

How do i go about selecting a circle and making it a HOLE without redrawing a polygon and TRYING to align it. Also, how do i move other circles to a different layer for positioning of the LEDs?

 

Hope that makes sense.

 

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

to move a circle to a other layer:

ex. tPlace

Change-> Layer-> tPlace

then click on the circles witch do want to move.

Maybe you can "move" the holes/circles to the Holeslayer(45)

or

Make a new Layer (display) "Helper" (color mybe a ugglyone like purple)

move the holes-cricles to this layer.

then place holes with the drill that you want (hole 3.2mm)

near by the holescircles.

With the "info" you can get the coords of the circle.

now "info" the hole and type in the coords of the circle.

(the hole move to circle)

If you done with all "holes" you can delete the helper layer

(the Helperlayer will be needfull.

1. so you have a Layer with the holes-cricles and they of

   your import layer.

2. you can check with circles do you move to holes.

I hope i explained it unterstandfull (english is

  not my native-language)

HTH

Werner

That does make a lot of sense. So layer 45 isn't actually the drl layer for component holes but cut outs?

I will try working with this over the weekend

Thanks so much.

Am 27.05.2016 um 12:46 schrieb Sean Hearder:

That does make a lot of sense. So layer 45 isn't actually the drl layer for component holes but cut outs?

 

I will try working with this over the weekend

 

Thanks so much.

 

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Hi,

the Layer 45 is named holes because holes have drills.

the Layer 46 named milling maybe with copperplating(by some pcb-houses)

the layer 20 named dimension are cutouts without copper(cutout for

displays or not-Rounded holes etc)

The drill command makes also a circle in layer 20.

Some pcb-houses are "milling" without copper all layer 20

lines, some "drill" a hole with the infos form excellon (Drill-infos)

So if you want holes you can define them over drills with more info.

Sometimes it is possible to define the hole only in the layer 20.

If you want to place a led on an accurate position, make sure that your

tOrigin or bOrigin in the package of the Led is in the center.

Now you can move your led by the Info-Dialog to the pos of your "Helper"

cirlce of the led.

HTH

and have a nice and successful weekend

Werner