Ken Patel wrote:
>
> Our layout house deliverables state following line.
>
> "Drill file in ASCII format leading zeroes, format 2.4 EOB LF/CR " . I
> couple of questions in that regards.
>
> (1)Can someone explain me what is "format leading zeroes, format 2.4 EOB LF/CR"?

        I read it this way:

ASCII format    (as opposed to EIA encoded paper tape!)
leading zeroes  (probably means suppressed ie 1000 instead of 01000)
format 2.4      (coordinates two places before decimal, 4 after)
EOB LF/CR       (line-feed/carriage-return marks end-of-buffer
                 (line of data) (as opposed to gerber data which
                  (is normally "*"))

        Hope this helps,
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      Jeff Seeger                             Applied CAD Knowledge Inc
      Chief Technical Officer                      Tyngsboro, MA  01879
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