> Excellon drill files are a very old variant of RS-274D. > They use suppressed decimal points and suppressed trailing > decimals. So, no way will LinuxCNC read them as is. So, if > the format is 2.3, then an X coordinate of 1.2345 will be > X01234, and a coordinate of 1.2 will be X012. > > But, it is simple to write a program that reparses this stuff. > > Jon
Already found more than one program to reparse the Excellon drill files. For me it feels like a rather useful fileformat: a list drill sizes and a list of coordinates for each drill size. Parameters for drilling like feed rate and others are postponed to later stage. Nicklas Karlsson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
