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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 30.06.2015 08:37, jp charras wrote:
> Le 30/06/2015 01:04, Tomasz Wlostowski a écrit :
>> 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. 
> 
> This is absolutely *false*.
> the DRC perfectly takes in account the *clearance of each obstacle*.
> 
> You can also easily show *each clearance* in Preferences.
> Each item can be displayed with its own clearance.

I got misled by the fact that Kicad lets you override pad clearances
(and so managed to route a low clearance track close to what I thought
was a large clearance pad). Sorry for false claim ;)

> 
> But for high density board, usually only the clearance to the current
> track segment being edited is shown.
> 
> Also not perfect, it is a very good help, and yes, this feature should
> be considered in GAL mode.
Sure, I agree.

Tom