PentaLogix ViewMate Pro 11.24.73 x64

Export XNC
This is an NC data format that includes drill and rout data. It is defined as “The PCB CAD to CAM Exchange NC Format”.
The format is described here:
https://www.ucamco.com/files/downloads/file/300/the_xnc_file_format_specification_draft.pdf
It is based on the Excellon format, but is completely unambiguous.
No format needs to be provided by the user.
This export is a bit different from the other PentaLogix exports in that the software picks the file name(s)
based on the current job name. All visible layers with NC data will be exported.
Note that this format is designed for CAD data and as such, does not support step and repeat commands.
It is best to use this to export one-up data.
However, if the CAM data does contain step and repeats the export will still work, but the data will contain multiple copies in the stepped positions.
These files can be imported by any software that accepts Excellon data, as it is a subset of Excellon.
They contain meta information about the layer type and tool types, but these are embedded in comment
lines, so they will be ignored by readers that do not support XNC.
The next release of our software will also interpret this info (on import).
• Update Available Prompt
Users who do not want to be prompted when a new version of the software is available can now turn on
the periodic check with “Help/Update Reminder”.
• Setting Folder for Persistence/Configuration
Software parameters / user preferences are saved in a file named ViewMatePro.cfg.
These parameters are then loaded the next time the software starts.
The default folder where this file is saved is the user’s “home” folder, given by the Windows environment variables “HOMEDRIVE” and “HOMEPATH”. This folder needs to be writable.
In some cases IT personnel sets these to folders that are not writable.
To mitigate this, there are two ways to tell the software which folder to use:
1. Starting the software with arguments on the command line.
“/cfg foldername”, where foldername is the path to the folder
2. Setting the Windows environment variable “PENTALOGIX_HOME” to the path of the folder.
• Components
1. New command to select and show a component of a given Reference Designator (“Components/Select by Reference Designator”).
2. Save a centroid file from loaded component information (“Components/Save Centroid File”).