At Wit's End Re: Drill File Alignment

Community PCB Design
1

I’ve been trying to get a new layout working for the last 2 days, and I just have no idea what to do about it. EVERYTHING looks great – expect my drill file isn’t lining-up with the other data. Here’s a screen shot:

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6799 … 001nw2.png

Here’s my process…

  1. Everything is made in Eagle v5.

  2. I run the drillcgf.ulp using mm, and drill config window has “T01 0.70mm” in it.

  3. I run excellon.cam (not “excellon_rack” with my DRL file loaded). My DRD file content begins with

%
T01C0.0276
%
T01
X 19334Y 14334
X 34334Y 14334
...

  1. I open ViewMate and use File > Import > Gerber and add my CMP, SOL, STC, STS, and PLC files, and everything looks great.

  2. I use File > Import > Drill & Rout and select my DRD file – then the drills are dumped all over the place, like you see in the pic.

Like I said, I’m at my wit’s end with this. What am I doing wrong? How can I get things to line up properly?

2

Try using Import->Directory (Ctrl+F4). I get the same drill file alignment problem when importing the files individually. It works perfectly when I use Import->Directory.

3

I have it figure out, now. I had followed the instructions at Olimex to modify the eagle.def file for greater accuracy, and that was screwing everything up. When I put the original back, everything worked perfectly.