gerbview not handling drill definitions correctly

Let me just throw up a drill file for reference.

still an issue in 6813

commited in 6827

Is there a schedule for this fix ?
I also tested GerbV, and it can import PADS Excellon info directly, without issues.

Besides the embedded tool info in PADS
%
T1C.02F197S550
X016000Y015500

I have found GerbView also coughs around G85 Slot G-Codes.
Not sure if this needs to be a separate bug ? (as it is all PADS-Excellon related)

PADS gives this (This loads OK in GerbV)
T3C.037F197S550
X044583Y026417G85X044710Y026290
X045290Y025710G85X045417Y025583
X045417Y016417G85X045290Y016290
X044710Y015710G85X044583Y015583

However, GerbView needs this small manual fix

T3
X044583Y026417G85X044710Y026290
X045290Y025710G85X045417Y025583
X045417Y016417G85X045290Y016290
X044710Y015710G85X044583Y015583
G05
T4

ie add the G05. I think GerbView is treating a G85 as sticky, and any holes after the above lines, are treated as slot-polylines, (oops) unless the G05 patch is added.

Fix is probably to make any new Tool code, also reset the G85 mode ?

I also see there is a commercial product called GerbView, that has been around a while
http://www.softwarecompanions.com/gbupdate600.html

Shouldn't the KiCad Gerber Viewer be called something else, so as not to confuse Google Searches ?

GerbExView & GerbExViewer seem to be 'google open' (since it can read excellon files too..)
GerberViewer has one source forge hit.

are you running stable or nightlies? this has been commited to the product branch but i am not sure if it is due to be in 4.0.3

hmm, I was running 4.0.2, so I downloaded a KiCad nightly build from June 17, but looking carefully I see KiCAD is new but GerbView is still showing as 4.0.2 - looks like GerbView is not in the one I downloaded.

Is there a different place to download GerbView nightlies ?

Also, Should I raise the G85 sticky bug (above) as a separate issue ?
I manually edited a DRL file until it imported, and that then reveals the G85 issue.

@1-pcb-wiz, maybe you have gerbview.exe in multiple locaitons on your system? Try searching for it in program files and %appdata% for your user.

Good question.
Search finds just the one, dated 29 Feb in the same dir as 18 june build installs.
Should Gerbview.exe have updated too, or it is not included in some nightly builds ?

It should be updated too. There is no option in the installer to only install some of the "apps".

And is that in program files? Are you sure there is not a gerbview.exe in appdata roaming somewhere?

OK, I'll try again..... maybe I slipped up...

All looks ok, on 20 June Build (r6943) AND the G85 issue also looks ok too :) Great!.

 I posted a screen shot of an OK import here (just point at files and load) :

https://forum.kicad.info/t/gerbview-reading-drill-file/2841/5