Drill file using Eagle (on Mac)

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Hi,

How do I create the drill file using Eagle (on a Mac)?

I read the tutorial http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/109 on the SparkFun site. I am able to generate the 6 gerber files. I can submit these to BatchPCB but it complains about missing drill file. Is the drill file generated by Eagle or do I need to run Viewplot?

Also, once upon a time there was a .ulp file to fix silk screen. Is that no longer needed? I don’t see it mentioned anywhere in the turorial. I am using Eagle 5.11.

I’ve used Eagle to make boards at home before (toner transfer). This is mu first attempt to send a board to a board house. To hopefully eliminate any design errors, my first board will be the CUI32 board using Open Source files. I “think” I want to use the v18 version board. But still have to investigate the differences. Ultimately I hope to modify the CUI32 board to include a PHY and ethernet jack. But that is after I have my first successful board on my hands.

Thanks,

Adi

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I may have found the solution. The Eagle CAM job creates a text file which very convincingly looks like the drill file. Uploading it to BatchPCB results in recognizing it as a drill file too. So I suppose as long as the holes end up in the right spot this should do…???

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I’m don’t know what CAM job you ran on your board but it isn’t uncommon for NC drill files to end in a .txt extension. So long as everything looks good on a Gerber viewing program then you probably have the right CAM processor settings. You are double checking your boards in a Gerber viewer right???

-Bill

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I will be before submitting a board for production. I uploaded a couple of things, the CUI32 and the UBW32 just to see what the costs will be. So I did finally figure it out. The latest thing I am struggling with is that BatchPCB tells me my files are in a folder inside the zip archive, when they are really not. And I don’t know what I did different to make that error not happen…

Adi