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[José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>]

If possible this would solve the problem quite elegantly for the time
being. +1

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:54 AM Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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