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Subject: [geda-help] Weeding out rounding-error dot/lines?
From: Richard Rasker <rasker AT linetec DOT nl>
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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:53:19 +0200
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Hello,

I'm busy with a design incorporating DDR RAM chips, where signal timing
and hence line length is of the essence.

I already defined a key binding for reporting net length, and now I
found that the mil/mm rounding error sometimes causes problems in an
insidious way: when an extra "mini-line" (dot) is created at a via or
bend point, and this point is subsequently dragged along the line
itself, the dot gets stretched into a line.
I don't always notice when this happens, and the problem is that the
length of the inadvertently created line is added to the total line
length. Worst case, I end up with quite the wrong length.

Is there an easy way to find or eliminate these dot/lines?

Thanks in advance,

Best regards,

Richard Rasker