--- In [email protected], "Brian Sidebotham"
Hi Brian,
it is not to reduce the number, it is really to catch when the drill
sizes are out of whack, mostly my drill sizes are the same for many
components, some power components or connectors have strange drill
sizes, but I don't mind looking at those because they need more care
anyway. But I find the std library has bad drill sizes for some
standard footprints c2v10 for example.
Thask for the info, this alows me to grep for the test which is a
little better.
Kind Regards C.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If you are trying to just cut down on the number of different drill
> sizes used, you can manually edit the drill file. The tools are
listed
> at the top of the nc drill file. Just open it with a text editor.
>
> For example:
>
> M48
> ;DRILL file {PCBNEW (20080715} date 26/8/2008-14:21:52
> ;FORMAT={2:4 / absolute / Inches / decimal format}
> R,T
> VER,1
> FMAT,2
> INCH,TZ
> TCST,OFF
> ICI,OFF
> ATC,ON
> T1C0.020
> T2C0.035
> T3C0.039
> T4C0.043
> T5C0.051
> T6C0.138
> %
>
>
> T1C.. to T6C... are the drills and their corresponding sizes. In
this
> case I output imperial drill sizes. If you want to consolidate, just
> make drill sizes the same size. Again, for example suppose Tools T3
> and T4 could both be 1mm instead of 1mm and 1.1mm, I could just do:
>
> T1C0.020
> T2C0.035
> T3C0.039
> T4C0.039
> T5C0.051
> T6C0.138
>
> One drill size saved. Of course, a component probably doesn't fit in
> the board now though ;)
>
> I used to consolidate drill sizes as it did used to save money, but
it
> doesn't seem to have much affect any more and I occasionally got the
> size wrong enough for a part not to fit in the board. So, now I just
> make the modules as they need to be and no longer worry about the
> number of tools.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Brian Sidebotham.
>
>
> 2008/9/5 degrootc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I assume these questions are not new, but I cannot find an up to
date
> > answer. Hopefully someone will be gernerious enough to help me.
> >
> > Is there a way to define drill sizes for a board rather then
editing
> > them in each module. I find it a bit cumbersome to edit them at
the
> > module level because then I need to create new modules (almost
> > identical though) or change the foot print for all projects. If
there
> > is a way to do a simple report of drill sizes then that may also
help
> > me a lot.
> >
> > I really don't want to place the values onthe silk screen, I
assume
> > this is the default for most designers. I cannot see how to turn
it off
> > at the board level. Any ideas. Again I have been editing
footpronts to
> > do so.
> >
> > Many thanks Kicad rocks!
> >
> > C.
> >
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