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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 30.06.2015 00:10, Andy Peters wrote:
> So it’s not a bug, per se, it’s a user’s expectations issue. Chris
> added my expectations (and I’m sure others have the same expectation)
> to the wishlist, but I don’t think it merits much attention unless
> the devs run out of things to do.

Hi Andy,

It's not only a matter of user expectations. The behavior of the legacy
router is buggy, as the DRC takes into account only the clearance of the
currently drawn ("head") trace. Obstacles with higher clearances are not
detected at all. The P&S handles such collisions, but in order to
visualize them correctly it draws the clearance areas of the obstacles
instead of the head's clearance. We may need to work out a better/easier
to read clearance visualization algorithm. Any ideas?

Regards,
Tom