User Guide

DrillData
A drill table is required first in order to create the drill data for a board.
This is created from the Layout Editor by means of a User Language
program.ThedrilldataisthenoutputwiththeCAMProcessor.
Youproceedasfollows:
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LoadtheboardintotheLayoutEditor.
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Executethe drillcfg.ulp UserLanguageprogramwiththeRUN
command.Itgeneratesthe boardname.drl drillconfigurationfile.
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StarttheCAMProcessor(e.g. File/CAMProcessor).
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LoadtheboardintotheCAMProcessor(File/Open/Board)ifit
wasnotloadedautomaticallyduringthestartsequence.
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Loadthepredefinedjob excellon.cam,e.g.with File/Open/Job.
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Checktheparametersandchangethemtofityourneeds(e.g.
chooseadifferentdevicedriverlikeSM1000orSM3000).Atoler
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anceof 6 2.5%makessensetoavoidproblemsduetointernal
unitconversions.Onlythelayers44, Drills, and45, Holes,maybe
selected.Nootherlayers!Youcandisplaytheselectedlayersby
clicking Layer/Showselected.
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Savethefilevia File/Savejob ifyoumadeanychanges.
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Executethejob(ProcessJob).
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Sendthefiles name.drl and name.drd (perhaps name.dri aswell)to
yourboardhouse.
DrillDataforMultilayerBoardsWithBlindandBuriedVias
The CAM Processor generates one drill data file for each via length for a
layoutthatusesblindandburiedvias.
The file extension .drd is expanded by the via length specification. If
there are, for example, vias from layer 1 to 2, the output file extension
willbe .drd.0102.
The layer specification can be moved to another position with the help
of the wildcard %L. Writing, for example, in the File box of the CAM
Processor .%L.drd results in an output file with the file extension
.0102.drd.
Pads and trough vias will be written into the output file with extension
.drd.0116. If you have placed holes (HOLE command) in the layout and
the Holes layer is active for output, the CAM Processor writes these val
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uesalsointhesamefilewithextension .drd.0116.
Your boardhouse finally gets the common rack file name.drl which is
generated by drillcfg.ulp and all files name.drd.xxxx containing the drill
coordinates for each via length. Maybe also the common info file
name.dri.
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PreparingtheManufacturingData