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Subject: Re: Drill Hole markers in Eagle?

From: craigl2@...
Date: 2014-05-23

I have just started learning to use Eagle and have only made a couple simple single sided PCBs. The last time I made a PCB was 40 years ago. The ones I made recently were done with the toner transfer method and I just printed the board pattern directly from Eagle. To use the CAM processor you would have to tell it to include layer 116 in the output file. For home use I am not sure what advantage, if any, the CAM processor provides.  Perhaps someone with more experience can inform both of us of the advantages and disadvantages of each method..


Craig




---In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, <rockets4kids@...> wrote :

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:46 AM, craigl2@...  wrote:

> Have you tried running drill-aid.ulp. I think that will do what you are asking for.

Aah yes.  Indeed it does!

However, it does not seem to use this layer when I generate output via the CAM tool.  It only seems to render the script-generated layer 116 when I use the print option.  Should I not be using the CAM tool when I am printing for homebrew PCBs?  Is the Print option what I should be using regardless?

-p.