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On Sun, 5 Jun 2016, karl AT aspodata DOT se wrote:

> Igor2:
>> I am still rewriting the conf system in pcb-rnd. Seemingly the same idea
>> is sometimes called "clearance" (more common on the GUI?) and "keepaway".
>>
>> Is there any difference?
> ...
>
> As I have understood it (in general terms), clearance is between cupper
> elements and keepaway is between physical things.
> But perhaps you refer to nomenclature within the pcb-code, then I
> don't know.
>
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar

Thank you, I like this terminology. I am going to rename all keepaway to 
clearance in pcb-rnd: configuration entries, menu items, GUI, because the 
code deals with space between copper areas only.

Regards,

Igor2

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