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drill data generation & update

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When processing drill data in preperation to generate gerber outputs, I have

not yet found a way to automatically update the drill table in Options ->

Set -> Drill.   Clicking the "SET" button on the Drill table does

automatically extract drill sizes from the current project, but does not

sort them in increasing diameter (I would prefer it did).  But even if it

did sort them, it is still a manual process.  I can't even find a way to

execute that "SET" button command through a .ULP script.

 

Am I missing something?   Seems that matching the Drill Table

(options->set->drill) with the ULP-generated Drill Legend should be a

single-step process, right?

 

I'd be happy to update the drill-legend ULP to do this, but can't find any

ULP hooks to do it.

 

thanks,

..dane

 

 

 

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  • Jamesm wrote on Fri, 11 December 2009 10:20

    The problem for me is when I create a drill legend in my fab drawing.

    If the drills are not SET before you run the upl, the drill legend is

    not correct.

     

    Interesting, since I've never had anyone ask me for a "drill legend".  I do

    include the .drl and .dri files in the PCB fab package.  The .drl file

    lists the drill sizes in machine readable form, and the .dri file provides

    drill overview information, including the drill sizes, in human readable

    form.

     

    The drill diameter information is not much use to assemblers, so I don't

    see what good it does on the assembly drawing.  Any information people

    don't use is just clutter and hurts rather than helps.

     

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  • Jamesm wrote on Fri, 11 December 2009 10:20

    The problem for me is when I create a drill legend in my fab drawing.

    If the drills are not SET before you run the upl, the drill legend is

    not correct.

     

    Interesting, since I've never had anyone ask me for a "drill legend".  I do

    include the .drl and .dri files in the PCB fab package.  The .drl file

    lists the drill sizes in machine readable form, and the .dri file provides

    drill overview information, including the drill sizes, in human readable

    form.

     

    The drill diameter information is not much use to assemblers, so I don't

    see what good it does on the assembly drawing.  Any information people

    don't use is just clutter and hurts rather than helps.

     

    --

    Browser access to CadSoft Support Forums at http://www.eaglecentral.ca

     

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