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1. Select Export>NC Parameters from the top menu.

An NC Parameters form appears.

 

2. In the Excellon format section, set the Format to 3.5 and enable Enhanced Excellon Format.

 

3. Left-click>OK.

The parameters are written to a file called nc_param.txt.

 

4. Choose Export>NC Drill from the top menu.

An NC Drill window appears.

 

5. Enable the Auto Tool Select.

 

6. Left-click>Drill to start the file creation process.

 

7. Left-click>Close.

The drill data is extracted from the design file (release.brd), and the Excellon format drill file (release-1-6.drl) is written to disk.

 

8. Use the File Manager or a viewer of your choice to view the release-1-6.drl file.

 

9. Choose File>Viewlog from the top menu to view the ncdrill.log file that was created.

The log file displays format information, as well as hole size and quantity data.

 

10. Left-click>Close in the log file window to close the window.

 

11. Choose File>Save from the top menu.

A window appears and warns you that the release.brd file already exists. It asks if you want to overwrite the file.

 

12. Left-click>Yes to confirm the overwrite.

The file release.brd is written to disk.

 

 

End of Lab

 

 

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