Best way to extract x and y coordinates of vias

[balckwidow]

I have a PCB designed (image uploaded) and would like to get the coordinates of the vias.

I have generatred a drill file to view the x y coordinates but it doesnt seem like those coordinates match the positions of vias.

How would one go about extracting the coordinates of the vias?

[Piotr]

@balckwidow

How would one go about extracting the coordinates of the vias?

When you point via with mouse and press ‘e’ (for edit) you get a window with its parameters including X,Y.

[paulvdh]

The PCB file is readable ascii, so you can search for the numbers with a text editor.

Another way is to plot to .SVG (both the “gerber” and the “drill map”, and then overlay them in a program that understands .SVG such as inkscape.

[BlackCoffee]

You get to choose the Reference-Origin (select when plotting it):

• The Default of the Page’s Top-Left corner (called Absosolute)

• The Auxiliary Origin

Both shown below in Red Circles

[blackwidow]

what do you mean by plotting it? Are you plotting the via positions by importing the drill file? (the formatting of the text file in the image looks like that of a drill file from kicad)

What software are you using to plot the vias?

[BlackCoffee]

@balckwidow

I have generatred a drill file

Two ways to get a “Drill File”: From Menubar and from Plotting Outputs. You’ll need to do some homework (below screenshots might help)

Here’s what I did:

• Added two vias to a PCB (and added some ref dim’s so I could verify locations)
• Added Aux Origin
• Plotted two outputs: One using the Aux, One using default (Absolute) both were plotted using the Plot Tool…