DJ, Stop, you are causing me to have to think again!
Ok, one of the drc tests, apparently, is to test if a land pattern conforms to the design rules (e.g. silk screen thickness) why doesn't the drc run every time a land pattern is dropped into a layout? Is it not better to be proactive then reactive? Steve M. DJ Delorie wrote: >>Where is the button for drawing the schematic for me in the first place? >> > >:-) > >However, his request makes sense. I didn't disagree with that part, I >was just asking if a simpler/faster solution would be an acceptable >compromise. > >Consider spell checkers, for example. They *all* offer fix-on-the-fly >of various sorts, and I think PCB should offer something similar. >It's a *real* pain to keep track of what needs to be fixed, and go >back and fix them. Either a fix-on-the-fly feature needs to be added, >or a DRC layer or overlay needs to be added which tags all the errors >and lets you remove tags as you fix stuff. > >But making arbitrary changes from inside DRC is harder than an >independent option that fixes one type of reasonably safe DRC problem. > >
