It used to be that drill drawings with symbols were bombsighted to get drill locations. That went out long ago. So the symbol locations on a drill drawing are now only reference data. The only remaining use, really, is for quickly checking drill sizes on parts on the board.
And for this purpose it is *much* better, in my opinion, to use the "size of hole string" option. It is sometimes objected that the holes are too close and the text from adjacent holes overlaps. The solution for this is to make the text small enough.... There is nothing wrong with, say, 20 mil text in this case. It's not going to be silkscreened on the board! It would be nice to be able to specify the drill drawing text size individually for holes (or for hole classes). That way, the larger holes could have text large enough to be read even at 1:1, and the small holes, almost always vias, could have tiny text, since one would rarely need to read these hole sizes anyway; it is on footprints that the hole checking of the drill drawing is particularly useful. ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 10D969A50F5A9A40A9983AF9B36B8A0736AA1463 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
