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Separate plated and non-plated thru holes in a design here the designer included both on the same drill file.
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There are two suggestions to define non plated drills on the same layer.
SUGGESTION #1: Change Plated Item in NC Tools Table
1. Import Drill file.
2. Go to the Drill Table (menu: Setup | NC Tools Table...)
3. Go to the Plated column, and uncheck any tools which will be unplated.
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SUGGESTION #2: Create a Separate layer for Non-Plated Drills
1. Import Drill file.
2. Go to menu: Fabrication > Drill > Separate Non-Plated Drills...
3. Verify options.
SUGGESTION #1: Change Plated Item in NC Tools Table
1. Import Drill file.
2. Go to the Drill Table (menu: Setup | NC Tools Table...)
3. Go to the Plated column, and uncheck any tools which will be unplated.
SUGGESTION #2: Create a Separate layer for Non-Plated Drills
1. Import Drill file.
2. Go to menu: Fabrication > Drill > Separate Non-Plated Drills...
3. Verify options.
Note: Typically larger holes are non-plated, so you may assign a minimum diameter for non-plated holes (or set to 0). Also, any drill holes that are defined as "Unplated" (in the Tools table -- see above) will be placed on the new Non-Plated Drill layer.
This command will create a new layer with all larger non-plated holes, and assign the layer type "Drill NonPlated".
Numerical Support Team