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Using Hole Table to generate holes...

I have hole data for holes in a flat plate (circuit board) in the form of x-y coordinates and diameter. Right now this is in three columns of an Excel spreadsheet that I extracted from Gerber files for the boards.

I have generated hole tables from existing holes, so there must be a way to go "backwards" and generate holes in a model from such a table. I would think that this would be a fairly common situation...

Anyone out there know a simple way to automate hole generation this way?

Thanks,

Steven Taylor Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Corporation snipped-for-privacy@PSEMC.com

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stvntylr
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Yes, create a new .txt file but change the file extension to .sldptab enter your hole locations in this format

1in 2in 3in 4in 6in 5in 9in 9in

once you do that use a table driven pattern browse for that file and the locations should be imported. You need to set up a Coordinate system (reference geometry) Then select your hole as the feature to be patterned, you may need to add the first hole manually and then just exclude that position from your list

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ksmason71

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