CadStar apertures
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Posted by zeit_ghost on March 1, 2005, 3:10 am
Please log in for more thread options Hello. I'm trying to figure out why I can't seem to get CadStar to print out apertures on some simple pcb designs. The version I'm using is antique, V2.4.1, which is used as I understand it, because it's simpler for students than a more up to date version. Trouble is, when I print out the copper layers I get the tracking & the pads but the pads are blind without the aperture which means that once I've produced a pcb there's nothing to guide the drill. I've used other pcb software previously & this has never been a problem. rgds Zeit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Leon Heller on March 1, 2005, 1:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options With a lot of packages that is the default because the holes are drilled automagically. There is usually some way to enable the holes for manual drilling. If no-one else can help I know the people who worked on the original CADSTAR, they subsequently set up their own PCB software company and I use their software. Leon Leon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Geo on March 1, 2005, 1:50 pm
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On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:10:47 -0600, john.young@sihe.ac-dot-uk.no-spam.invalid (zeit_ghost) wrote: >I'm trying to figure out why I can't seem to get CadStar to print out
>apertures on some simple pcb designs. > >The version I'm using is antique, V2.4.1, which is used as I >understand it, because it's simpler for students than a more up to >date version. > >Trouble is, when I print out the copper layers I get the tracking >& the pads but the pads are blind without the aperture which >means that once I've produced a pcb there's nothing to guide the >drill. Cadstar does not include a "hole" in any pads unless the shape is defined as an annulus (which I have never used in 15+ years of cadstar work). When post-processing, the only thing you can produce is a "drill detail" which identifies each hole size by a letter. Normally you would produce an excellon file for use with an NC drilling machine. HTH Geo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by R.Lewis on March 1, 2005, 9:26 pm
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> Hello.
> > I'm trying to figure out why I can't seem to get CadStar to print out > apertures on some simple pcb designs. > > The version I'm using is antique, V2.4.1, which is used as I > understand it, because it's simpler for students than a more up to > date version. > > Trouble is, when I print out the copper layers I get the tracking > & the pads but the pads are blind without the aperture which > means that once I've produced a pcb there's nothing to guide the > drill. > > I've used other pcb software previously & this has never been a > problem. > > rgds > Zeit. V2 was a long (long) time ago but I think I remember that if you print out to a plotter (HPGL) it does show the holes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by zeit_ghost on March 3, 2005, 3:10 am
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Thanks guys. The previous incumbent had a special library of parts or so it transpires... I guess I'll have to find that! best regards Zeit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> I'm trying to figure out why I can't seem to get CadStar to print out
> apertures on some simple pcb designs.
>
> The version I'm using is antique, V2.4.1, which is used as I
> understand it, because it's simpler for students than a more up to
> date version.
>
> Trouble is, when I print out the copper layers I get the tracking
> & the pads but the pads are blind without the aperture which
> means that once I've produced a pcb there's nothing to guide the
> drill.
>
> I've used other pcb software previously & this has never been a
> problem.