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"Actual value" is meeting the "Constraint value", but still seeing the DRC (e.g. actual value higher than constraint value for line to line spacing, but the DRC is still present)

ttAllegrouser
ttAllegrouser over 4 years ago

I updated line to line spacing constraint value in the constraint manager, and the “Actual value” is already larger than “Constraint value”, in other words it is obviously meeting the requirement of the constraint, but I am still seeing the DRC, see below on the two lines, constraint value is 5mil and actual value is 7.08mil.

when I "display DRC", I see the same thing, "Actual" value (7.08mil) is larger than the "Required" value (5mil)

It is obvious the actual layout is not violating the DRC, but why am I still getting the DRC? 

This is not limited to line to line spacing, this happens on other spacing constraints as well, i.e. having actual value meeting the constraints but still getting the DRC.

How can I resolve this issue? and not by waiving he DRC as I have too many of these to waive one by one. 

Thank you. 

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  • ttAllegrouser
    ttAllegrouser over 4 years ago

    Here is another example of this issue, for SMD Pin to Thru Via Same Net Spacing type constraint.

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  • AvengerThanos
    AvengerThanos over 4 years ago in reply to ttAllegrouser

    Make sure you are running on the latest hotfix S019. Also, perform DBDoctor on the design and check.

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  • soll
    soll over 3 years ago

    Hello ! Have you been able to find a solution to make this errors disappear  without waving them ? I have the same issue with a spacing constraint set. Seeing lots of DRCs for things that aren't errors is quite frustrating :p
    For those who might be wondering : I am running the latest hotfix and DBDoctor didn't detected any problem;

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  • ttAllegrouser
    ttAllegrouser over 3 years ago in reply to soll

    What I did was go to Check, then "DRC update", that will update the DRC, then the errors are gone. good luck. 

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  • soll
    soll over 3 years ago in reply to ttAllegrouser

    Ok thanks ! It doesn't work for me sadly, I just waived them...

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