> Somehow, I waded till here. All the dimensioning that I see are in mils.
> Are there any options where I can see them in millimetres ?
> (Some option some place ? Or does it talk only mils)

Setup>Preferences>Global Tab
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> I created the Top Layer for test. It did create a .pho file as you said.
> When you output a .pho file. It has some settings to output in different
> formats. I guess the output device should be a photoplotter ? Did proceed
> with the photoplotter option, as that seemed logical (?) I guess.

Yes, photoplotter.

> > Get yourself a Gerber viewer like PentaLogi ViewMate and open all your
> > layers and if everything looks good and lines up you are good to go. Pa=
y
> > particular attention to drills, they need to be the right size as well
> > as in the right place. I've had situations where some of the drill size=
s
> > were right and some were an order of magnitude off. Also layers in
> > English units and drills in Metric!
> >
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> I downloaded the free version of it. Tried to open the .pho file with
> it. But it
> looked that extension was not supported. But forcing it to use All files,
> did open up the Top layer in it.

Sorry, I should have said "Import gerber" for each layer. I think it's
function key F2. You'll have to do one layer at a time, and select a
different color layer each time. File open is for some sort of
PentaLogix job format.

> For the drill output, it has 2 options: ASCII, EIA-244. What option
> should
> I be looking at ?

Ascii

> Any idea, how I can get both the board dimensioning and the drill to be
> in the same units. I hate these multi units dimensioning systems.

Just make sure you select metric in the NC drill options. I think.

> Thanks for showing me the direction to the shore.

I wish someone had helped me when I started learning it! But that was a
long time ago, when was a DOS program, and there was no useful Internet.

Cheers,

Bob

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