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Hi!

I found that the DRC passes when two pads within the same net but different
footprints are overlapping. The code is (pcbnew/drc.cpp):

// The pad must be in a net (i.e pt_pad->GetNet() != 0 ),
// But no problem if pads have the same netcode (same net)
if( pad->GetNet() && ( aRefPad->GetNet() == pad->GetNet() ) )
  continue;

Is there any particular reason to allow two pads with the same net to overlap?
This is actually very wrong. If you have two SMD components with overlapping
pads then you can't solder them.

David