Copy Clines Creates DRC

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Since i have to route 300 pairs. I opted to copy paste the clines since they are the exact same length. See below. The segment that was copied complains. for " Line to through pin Spacing" . 
 
 But when i route it manually i see no such DRC. Is there any way around this or any tips for a scenario where i need to route the same length over and over.. What would you guys do in this case ?

excellon1 · Accepted Answer

Hi Pk.. 
 Glad that works for you. I have found here it is very handy to copy dif-pair pin exits. For example on your design that has the etch wrapping around a pin another approach would be to copy the cline but then trim back that etch just to include the pin exits only first, then manually route in the connections to join things up.. Its fairly trivial to route in a straight line but doing the pin exits so there is some sort of consistency in particular if doing curved etch can be challenging on a pin pair basis. All the Best.

excellon1 · Answer

There is a fairly easy way to do this based on location and using the pick tool. 
 Assuming your board origin is 0,0 bottom left of your board here are the steps. 
 1 Find the exact location of the new pin you wish to copy the etch to. Use the show element tool - Info icon and select the pin. In the list you will see the location of the pin. Copy this location to notepad. It may look like this (1052.52 1907.96) 
 2 Select the etch you wish to use and copy it to a location off the board. 
 3 Next we use the move command and the pick command to move that etch to where it needs to be. Click on move in the find filter verify clines is checked then right click on the end of the etch and choose snap pick segment. The etch should be on the end of your cursor now. Keeping the etch on the end of your cursor go down to the command window and type Pick In the XY Location copy the pin location from notepad into this box so in the case of my example I used (1052.52 1907.96) 
 Click on the pick button and your etch will go to the exact location you need. 
 Here is a pic with the etch on the end of my cursor. When I click the pick button it will be boom and the etch is at the new pin Just a fyi. The key to this is knowing the exact location of the pin. When the etch is moved to the pin because the location is exact the net names get assigned to the new etch. Try it out and let us know how it works for you.. Best Regards.

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