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%.COPYRIGHT  (c)  1991 European Southern Observatory
%.IDENT      dril_opto.hlq
%.AUTHOR     PJG, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, DRILL/OPTOPUS
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: DRILL/OPTOPUS
%.VERSION    1.0  03-SEP-1991: PJG Creation
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SECTION./OPTO
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DRILL/OPTOPUS                                                  03-SEP-1991  PJG
\oc\su
DRILL/OPTOPUS in_table [name]
	write OPTOPUS drill command file
\us\pu
Purpose:   
           Write OPTOPUS drill command file in ASCII format using positions 
           stored in a table.
\up\sy
Syntax:    OPTOPUS/DRILL in_table [name]
\ys\pa
           in_table = name of table file with OPTOPUS star plate positions
\ap\pa
           name =     name of ASCII output file with drill commands for
                      drilling machine. Default is the table name with the
                      '.dat' extension.
\ap\no
Note:      The input table file must have x,y,z drill positions in
           columns with labels of X, Y, and Z, respectively. The
           type of each object must be given in column TYPE.
\on\exs
Examples:
\ex
           DRILL/OPTO sa94
           create a OPTOPUS drill file from the table 'sa94.tbl'
           with the default name 'sa94.dat'.
\xe\ex
           DRILL/OPTOPUS field193 drill21
           read drill positions from table 'field193' and produce the
           command file 'drill21.dat'.
\xe \sxe