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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Seth and Wayne,

I had considered and discarded having DRC ignore copper graphics in footprints.  But the “same footprint” test didn’t occur to me, and I think it's just enough to make it work.

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 23 Oct 2018, at 14:38, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 10/23/2018 9:05 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>> Am 2018-10-23 08:10, schrieb Jeff Young:
>>> So I broke our net-ties work-around when I added DRC for copper
>>> graphic items.
>>> 
>>> I plan to add a IS_NET_TIE flag to graphic items to fix it.  (This
>>> appears compatible with the net tie discussions of yore on the email
>>> list.)  There will be a checkbox in Graphic Item Properties to set it.
>>> 
>>> Question: add checkbox only to graphic items in a footprint, or to all?
>>> 
>>> Any other issues you see?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jeff.
>>> 
>>> Note: we save the STATUS_FLAGS as an integer in the file, so while
>>> this constitutes a file-format change of sorts (an additional bit
>>> might be set), it’s fully backwards-compatible.
>> 
>> Hi Jeff-
>> 
>> What about just avoiding DRC between footprint graphic items and the
>> other items in the same footprint?  That would avoid the file format
>> change while keeping the purpose of the DRC (mostly).
> 
> I like this solution better than using the status bits for something
> that really should be change in the footprint file format.  The status
> bits were really mean to be transient when editing objects.  I regret
> actually saving them in the new board file format.  It was a relic left
> over from the legacy board file format.  Hind sight is always 20/20.
> 
>> 
>> Best-
>> Seth
>> 
> 
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