On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:49:02 +0900 timecop <time...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Most places handle this with the "assembly" layer. > Of course, this wouldn't be part of DRC, but you'd have to be blind > put stuff overlapping assembly layers and not see it right away. Imagine having to make a change to the layout that requires moving a bunch of components: you move parts around, put this transistor over there, move a capacitor over there, temporarily shift one IC underneath another IC, move a group of resistors off the board entirely... so on and on as you revise the layout. I can't count the number of times I've done stuff like this. When you finally get the layout back into a sane state, you pack it in for the day - except you don't notice that you forgot to move that one IC back out from under the other. Maybe you're tired, maybe the board just has a metric assload of parts, maybe you're pressed for time. Who knows? Everyone makes mistakes. -- "There are some things in life worth obsessing over. Most things aren't, and when you learn that, life improves." http://starbase.globalpc.net/~ezekowitz Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekow...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
