Wishlist: DRC report should display the violation measurement (lp:#1810845)

Original report created by Robert (robee)

The DRC reports show us each error with good information about which 2
elements are in violation, but it would be even better to report the actual
measurements that DRC is seeing.  So if I have 4 mil spacing rules and I
see a 3.98 mil spacing, I know I can ignore it.  This also allows me to set
more restrictive rules to see if I can make changes that would aid
manufacturing or lower the cost.  Finally, I'm one who believes tools can
be wrong, so I'd like to verify that the measurement the tool is seeing is
something that is really a problem.  Knowing the tool calculation will tell
me if DRC is off.

changed weight to 10

added prioritywishlist statusconfirmed labels

Seth Hillbrand (sethh) wrote:

Application: kicad
Version: (6.0.0-rc1-dev-1489-gcec97ebfa6-dirty), release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
Platform: Linux 4.18.0-3-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
    Boost: 1.67.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=OFF
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Robert (robee) wrote:

Forgot to add that the rule and violation should be shown together.  For
example, "Measured 3.98 mils, rule requires 4.00 mils".  This allows me to
know which rule is being used.

added to epic &10 (closed)

added drc pcbnew labels

assigned to @jeffyoung

added statusin-progress label and removed statusconfirmed label

added statusfix-committed label and removed statusin-progress label

closed

Closed issue without a milestone assigned.

changed milestone to %6.0.0-rc1

changed milestone to %6.0 Feature Freeze