User Guide

asolderstopsymbol.
For vias with hole diameters below the Limit the STOP flag can be set
(CHANGESTOPON).EAGLEgeneratesasolderstopmaskthen.
Misc
Hereyoucanselect/deselectvariouschecks:
Check grid examines whether elements lie precisely on the grid currently
set by the GRID command. This test is not always worthwhile, since in
many cases devices built to both metric and imperial grids are in use at
thesametime.Nocommongridcanbefoundinsuchacase.
Check angle ensures that all tracks are laid at whole multiples of 45 de
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grees. This test is normally switched off, but can be activated if required.
Checkfont (de-)selectsthefontcheck.
The DRC checks if texts are written in vector font. Text which is non-
vector font is marked as an error. This check is necessary due to the fact
that the CAM Processor can't work with others than vector font for the
generationofmanufacturingdata.
Assumed you use proportional font text in the bottom layer, place it
between two tracks, and use the CAM Processor to generate Gerber
files, it could happen that the tracks are shorted by the text (height and
lengthofthetextcanchange)!
Default:on.
Check restrict can be set off if copper objects should not be checked
againstrestrictedareasdrawninlayers39, tRestrict,and40, bRestrict.
Default:on.
Stop after xx errors specifies the maximum number of errors in the error
list. As soon as this many errors have been found, the DRC stops exam
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iningthelayoutandautomaticallyopenstheerrorlist.
Adviceonhandlingerrorsisfoundlaterinthischapter.
The DRC treats a line (wire) whose Style is LongDash, ShortDash or
DashDotinthesamewayasacontinuousline.
If a wire drawn with one of these styles is laid as a signal, the DRC re
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portsa Wirestyle error.
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