Re: PCB Drilling G-code from EAGLE

John

I've downloaded your ulp, and the readme file has a partial reference
to a website.

Is the site still going, and if so, would you mind posting the address?

I've tried running the ulp and have got the milling path, but it bombs
on the drilling list.

rgds
Andrew Wells

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, John Johnson <johnatl@m...> wrote:
> That reminds me: My program pcb-gcode
> ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/userfiles/ulp/pcb-gcode.zip
> has been updated to handle metric units. You can, at you option, mill
> outlines
> for top, bottom, remove slivers or all unused area, and drill from the
> top or the bottom.
>
> I wonder why Nisely wrote his own with so many others available?
>
> Regards,
> JJ
>
> On 31-Jul-2005, at 19:56, Keith Bowers wrote:
>
> > The August (#181) issue of Circuit Cellar magazine
> > (www.circuitcellar.com)
> > contains an article that may be of interest. "Analog Tips and Tricks"
> > by Ed
> > Nisely. He discusses, among other things, how he makes prototype PCBs
> > and
> > drilling them with a Sherline CNC mill. He wrote a program using
EAGLE
> > user
> > language program (ULP) to produce G-code. To quote the article
"The ULP
> > sorts the holes by drill diameter and then visits each hole in
> > nearest-neighbor order." The ULP code is available at:
> > ftp.circuitcellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2005/181/
> > You want the file Nisley181.zip
> > Hope someone finds this useful.
> > --
> > Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC
> >
> >
> > Addresses:
> > FAQ: http://www.ktmarketing.com/faq.html
> > FILES: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/files/
> > Post Messages: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > Subscribe: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > Unsubscribe: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > List owner: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO-owner@yahoogroups.com, wanliker@a...,
> > timg@k...
> > Moderator: pentam@c... indigo_red@q... davemucha@j...
> > [Moderators]
> > URL to this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO
> >
> > OFF Topic POSTS: General Machining
> > If you wish to post on unlimited OT subjects goto:
> > aol://5863:126/rec.crafts.metalworking or go thru Google.com to reach
> > it if you have trouble.
> > http://www.metalworking.com/news_servers.html
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jobshophomeshop I consider this to be
> > a sister site to the CCED group, as many of the same members are
> > there, for OT subjects, that are not allowed on the CCED list.
> >
> > NOTICE: ALL POSTINGS TO THIS GROUP BECOME PUBLIC DOMAIN BY POSTING
> > THEM. DON'T POST IF YOU CAN NOT ACCEPT THIS.....NO EXCEPTIONS........
> > bill
> > List Mom
> > List Owner
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ---
> Help everyone. If you can't do that, then at least be nice.