If you add the attribute PCB::skip-drc
to a layer, that won't be checked against DRC, and commections. Levente On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 23:56:23 -0700 Colin D Bennett <colin-lp2cyvw5bivbdgjk7y7...@public.gmane.org> wrote: > On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:48:09 +0200 > Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk-g3ria76uax2m+vuuqax...@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > Colin D Bennett wrote: > > > > > A feature I have heard previously requested is to be able to mark > > > certain layers as “no-DRC”. For instance, to allow special trace > > > elements such as antennas that the DRC thinks are incorrect shorts > > > between two nets. > > > > These should be omited from update_rats, rather than be ignored on > > DRC. The DRC as it is currently implemented, does not check for > > correct connectivty. It does not detect a short. > > Oh, that's right. I forgot since I tend to consider the Optimize Rats > action and its feedback as a first pass of DRC, and the actual DRC > action as a more detailed pass... but it seems like it would be ideal > for a short to be detected by DRC. > > > I think, this > > functionality would be best implemented with a flag > > "don-t-check-connectivity" added to the object. Put these antennas > > in a separate layer and make DRC special for this layer would still > > feel like a crutch. > > My current workaround is to actually connect the antenna input > directly to ground on the schematic, so that pcb does not complain > that the PCB trace antenna is a short. (See attached figure from the > schematic.) For this specific and simple purpose, this works well > enough for the moment. > > Regards, > Colin > -- Levente Kovacs http://levente.logonex.eu _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
