Jon, I would be open to a real time error ERC checking as long as it met the following criteria:
It can be disabled by the user. A sane way to determine when it makes sense to actually start and stop the real time ERC testing can be designed. I don't want a bunch of ERC indicators every time I add a couple of new symbols to a design after I have run the ERC and fixed the initial issues. This would get annoying pretty quickly. On 3/23/2019 5:57 PM, Jon Evans wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to start laying the groundwork for online ERC/DRC. > > This means, for example: > - Objects will know if they have any ERC/DRC errors > - If objects are edited, associated error markers can be cleared/updated > > Eventually, we could add a (optional) mode where new ERC/DRC errors can > be added in real-time as the user edits. To begin, I'd only be clearing > or updating existing errors (generated with the offline / batch ERC/DRC > process we have now). > > For the schematic, I think all ERC checking will able to be done in > real-time once my new connectivity stuff is merged. For the PCB, of > course there are some DRC checks that are way too slow to be done in > real-time, but we could explore whether some checks are fast enough. Real time DRC testing is a different conversation. From what I've observed with some of the more complex designs I've tested, I don't think we are anywhere near ready for this conversion without making a lot of performance improvements to our DRC code. Wayne > > I would start with the schematic ERC since that's where my head is at > right now, but what I do should be able to carry over to PcbNew in case > it ends up working well. > > Any thoughts on this? > > -Jon > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
