I thought you could do this with nets. Isn't that how you create a solder wipe? OK, maybe not shorts, but certainly clearance DRCs can be "bypassed" this way.
-- Mark Randol, RF Evaluation Engineer Motorola SPS, Inc. M/S EL536 2100 E. Elliot Road Tempe, AZ 85284 (480)413-8052 Voice (480)413-8690 FAX <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:48 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Tie compoents(Ex: RF footprints) > > > See all that RF work has fried my brain. You are probably > right. I think > it doesn't work even if it does work - meaning that even if > it did what it > is supposed to the inability to control where the short > occurs is a failing. > > You are correct Brad, just tried it - the clearance rule > generates an error > regardless of the short circuit rule. This re-raises another > issue - what > may be useful at times is to be able to prevent a rule (like > the clearance > rule) from applying - sort of an anti-rule - a method of > preventing a rule > from applying much like the NoERC Sch but it would need to be > precisely > targeted to a rule - as Abd ul-Rahman suggested recently. > This would allow > for instance, a designer, to be able to disable clearance > checking between > two components, or between two pads used to short two nets together. > > (This has been discussed before as has the concept of a NoSync PCB > directive/attribute.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
