This seems like the best short term solution for v5. We can implement a
full check during v6 development.
On 4/4/2018 8:06 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> The main problem I see here is that DRC does not report copper zone fill
> collision with track. Which means that one can pass DRC and have a board
> which has nets shorted to the zone which are not intended to be. The
> reason being what JP mentions in #5. It seems dangerous. Hence I think
> refilling the zone by default is safer for the normal user.
>
> IIRC DRC once upon a time did refill unconditionally before running the
> check because of this. So I think it would be ok to just make it default
> refill before the actual DRC. If the user then did uncheck the option to
> refill in the dialog, and expect the board to be protected from track to
> zone fill shorts, that would be considered a user error.
>
This seems like the best short term solution for v5. We can implement a
full check during v6 development.
On 4/4/2018 8:06 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> The main problem I see here is that DRC does not report copper zone fill
> collision with track. Which means that one can pass DRC and have a board
> which has nets shorted to the zone which are not intended to be. The
> reason being what JP mentions in #5. It seems dangerous. Hence I think
> refilling the zone by default is safer for the normal user.
>
> IIRC DRC once upon a time did refill unconditionally before running the
> check because of this. So I think it would be ok to just make it default
> refill before the actual DRC. If the user then did uncheck the option to
> refill in the dialog, and expect the board to be protected from track to
> zone fill shorts, that would be considered a user error.
>