Loading files is obvious used for retrieving the data from disk,
but most important it can detect the different Gerber dialects.
It also reads your drill data (Excellon).
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Select from the file menu: load files or hit F3
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Select all the files from the demo directory and hit the open button
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On this screen you can see the files before loading.
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You see also on which layer they will be placed and what sort of data the files contain.
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Please note the option: load data using predefined parameters.
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If loading parameters are known, this will speed up loading the files. Else it will go through a sequence of screens to determine the format of your files.
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Please see the section of determining file format for more information. (we don't need it now)
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After hitting the ok button the screen looks like this.