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> > Indeed, moving the origin close to the point allows to use double with
> > quite good confidence. After all we were spekaing of DRC at te start of
> > this thread, or am I hopelessly confused?
> 
> It could be. The same functions could also be used for calculating the boundaries of copper pours and also hatching inside copper pours in addition to DRC. So, I think the topic changed to just about making accurate functions for these calculations.
> 
> Ed

Cgal have an impressive list of developers. Have it been solved in geometric libraries like clipper or cgal and is it an option to use it for these calculations somewhere in future?