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Subject: Re: [geda-user] making DRC less misleading in the presence of shorts,
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On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Markus Hitter (mah AT jump-ing DOT de) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> Am 03.10.2015 um 01:21 schrieb Britton Kerin:
>
> > At the moment DRC catches near-shorts (trace too close to another), but
> is
> > completely silent when there's an actual short.
>
> That's expected, that's what DRC does. Checking for shorts means to
>

When I started, it was not at all expected.  Its weird that you can go from
almost-short, to short, and thereby make a violation vanish.  In fact it's
pretty easy to accidentally create a short while fixing a proximity
violation.  I happened to catch it before ordering the prototype boards but
only

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Markus Hitter (<a href=3D"mailto:mah AT ju=
mp-ing.de">mah AT jump-ing DOT de</a>) [via <a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT co=
m">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>] <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:geda-=
user AT delorie DOT com" target=3D"_blank">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt;</span> wr=
ote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border=
-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">Am 03.10.2015 um 01=
:21 schrieb Britton Kerin:<br>
<br>
&gt; At the moment DRC catches near-shorts (trace too close to another), bu=
t is<br>
&gt; completely silent when there&#39;s an actual short.<br>
<br>
</span>That&#39;s expected, that&#39;s what DRC does. Checking for shorts m=
eans to<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div style=3D"">When I started, it was not at a=
ll expected.=C2=A0 Its weird that you can go from almost-short, to short, a=
nd thereby make a violation vanish.=C2=A0 In fact it&#39;s pretty easy to a=
ccidentally create a short while fixing a proximity violation.=C2=A0 I happ=
ened to catch it before ordering the prototype boards but only=C2=A0</div><=
/div></div></div>

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