go to Options then go to User Interface and then in the controls section check the command buttons.

i hope that helps.

btw thanx for the link. it looks like a nice tutorial. but i will suggest that you also download the tutorial and manual from the cadsoft website

 

Can PCB123 output the drill/gerber files needed to produce the board?

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thanks ..ok they are back.. *whew*
i would d/L the manual from that site ..but i cant find it..

jrz126 .. i have no idea ..sorry..

 

it used to be on the downloads page http://www.cadsoftusa.com/download.htm but i think the site administrator has done some changes. it isnt even in the list at the Documentation link http://www.cadsoft.de/cgi-bin/downlo.../userfiles/doc

anyway i found the tutorial by doing a search on google and here is the link http://www.lumatron.ch/download/4.13/tutorial-eng.pdf

and here is the manual http://www.lumatron.ch/download/4.13/manual-eng.pdf

 

Well this blows, I spent the past month using pcb123 to create my schematic and layout. Now I dont think I can output the drill files that I need. my dad would be able to put it on a CNC machine at work to drill the thousand holes that I need. BUT he needs the drill files to be able to do so. (just X,Y coords of all the holes). I could do it by hand but it would be very timeconsuming and I know that on hole number 997 I would screw up and break the board. So does anyone know of an easy way to get the hole coordinates? Is there an easy way to convert my PCB123 netlist to an ExpressPCB netlist format?

The day just keeps getting worse....

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Jeff
To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.