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Any Galaad/Percival Users?

2014-07-05 by alexanderhosford@...

Hello all,

I'm having some issue with importing an Excellon drill file, generated from Eagle using the stock 'excellon.cam' job, into Percival, the PCB module available for Galaad.

This is a render of where my drills should be, shown with a pad view in Eagle;

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And this is what happens to the drills once they are imported into Percival;

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I can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't think that's right?

Has anybody got experience with this workflow and can anyobdy shed any light onto what's happening?

Regards

Alex

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Any Galaad/Percival Users?

2014-07-05 by Boots Hughston

Hi ,

I also use Eagle, excellon drill files with Galaad copper cam.

Usually the error you have is a mm to inch conversion problem. Make sure your setting are consistent mm or inch.

Also Galaad softwere wants to see trailing zero's in the settings menu with Excellon drill files.

I hope this is some help.

much respect,

Boots-2b1

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On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:58 AM, "alexanderhosford@... [Homebrew_PCBs]" <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hello all,

I'm having some issue with importing an Excellon drill file, generated from Eagle using the stock 'excellon.cam' job, into Percival, the PCB module available for Galaad.

This is a render of where my drills should be, shown with a pad view in Eagle;

imgur: the simple image sharer

imgur: the simple image sharer
The most viral images on the internet, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing.

View on imgur.com

Preview by Yahoo

And this is what happens to the drills once they are imported into Percival;

imgur: the simple image sharer

imgur: the simple image sharer
The most viral images on the internet, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing.

View on imgur.com

Preview by Yahoo

I can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't think that's right?

Has anybody got experience with this workflow and can anyobdy shed any light onto what's happening?

Regards

Alex

Re: Any Galaad/Percival Users?

2014-07-07 by Howard Chester

Andrew posted the following

Hello all,

I'm having some issue with importing an Excellon drill file, generated from Eagle using the stock 'excellon.cam' job, into Percival, the PCB module available for Galaad.

Hello Andrew,

I had a similar problem with a DFX inport of a Cap Sense touch-pad to my PCB setup.

The cure?

The inhouse gerber was in inches & me using Metric mm. On correcting the PCB package export, everything worked just fine.

I'm not saying that this will cure your problem, but is worth checking...(Rember the British Mars Rover? A Million Pound Rover destroyed because of the "inches vs mm" disparity)

Hope you sort the problem,

Chester