Homebrew PCBs

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From: "b52chris" <christiansen_alex@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 11:18 AM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] drill holes in gerber file -how can it be done


> 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. ?

Drill files generally have to be imported separately into a Gerber viewer. 
That's the case with GCPrevue, anyway.

Leon