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Unable to import drill file as a drill layer

I've followed some help articles related to importing drill layers, but no success.

I have an issue when importing drill layers. The drill file can import fine if imported as a regular gerber and the 'holes' (which are solid circles) show correctly. 
However, the NC Tooling table remains blank. (I presume this is because it was imported as a gerber and not as a drill file)

But when importing it as an NC Drill/Rout, I get "Unable to Add Drill Hole" followed by the file byte location. I've tried various configurations, to no avail.

Attached is the FAB3k project and the two drill files I am having issues with.
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated!
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Thanks for contacting support and providing sample files - they were really helpful.

Those files are both Gerber formatted (even if they contain pads for the Drill hole locations).   This is common to have Gerber files with the Drill data.  However you will need to perform one extra step after importing, and convert those 2 Gerber layers to Drill layers using the command: Convert Layer to Drill...   (in menu: Fabrication | Generate NC Drill/Rout Layers | Convert Layer to Drill )

Here's a quick tutorial vid (no sound),


 

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