The weird extensions are normal in eagle, it is real gerber. Eagle
just had to be different in that point as well.
Sorry i do not know of any way to include the holes in a gerber file.
Possibly you could merge the excellon drill file and the gerber file
with some tool.
ST
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 12:18 PM, b52chris <christiansen_alex@...> wrote:
> hello.
> I have to recive a gerber file soon,and for that purpose, I have
> downloaded "View mate 10" and "gerber magic" .
> ( I have to make a simple PCB, and the costumer will drill it
> himself ,and he will need the drill holes)
>
> Now , to test it, I made some files from an Eagle project, but after
> choosing to make Gerber 274 X , in Egle ,my files get extensions
> like .BOT or .cmp .
>
> Now, I can view them in the gerber viewers , but there is a problem.
> I dont get the drill holes .
>
> I can understand, that drill holes will not be needed in the file,as
> the PCB would be drilled with a CNC mashine after etching.
>
> But is it not possible to get the drill holes in the layout drawing,
> for etching ?
> and second, ARE the files I get from Eagle , Gerber ? They have
> different extensions than gerber. ?
> Alex
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