I think 1 and 2 (I assume you mean the OpenGL renderer of the 3D viewer) are good ways forward for the short term.
The DRC system is in a period of heavy change right now so it's probably best to wait until the dust settles a bit before adding new checks to it. Best, Jon On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 11:31 AM Joshua Redstone <redst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I was thinking of looking into making KiCad better at alerting when > silkscreen markings are over a via (since it won't show up when fab'd), and > was wondering where might be a good place to start. > > I also heard from one fab to not silkscreen over annular rings, so was > thinking of adding a config option to filter those intersections out as well. > > Some options, perhaps in increasing order of difficulty: > > 1. Add an option to the raytracer to clip silkscreen over annular rings (it > already can filter out silkscreen over vias). > > 2. Improve the OpenGL renderer to clip text over vias & annular rings. > > 3. Add a DRC check to detect silkscreen intersecting vias / annular rings. > > Any thoughts or recommendations? > > -Josh > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp