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bulk disapprove of ERC errors?

e14 Contributor
e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

Eagle 5.11

 

Working on a new version of an old board. Got about 200 "errors" that were

reviewed and approved. Now I want to go back and review everything from

scratch. What is the best way to do this?

 

If I pull up the DRC errors, I can see the approved ones and disapprove them

individually. Is there a way to do this in bulk?

 

tia - Oppie

 

 

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    Oppie schrieb:

     

    Eagle 5.11

     

    Working on a new version of an old board. Got about 200 "errors" that were

    reviewed and approved. Now I want to go back and review everything from

    scratch. What is the best way to do this?

     

    If I pull up the DRC errors, I can see the approved ones and disapprove them

    individually. Is there a way to do this in bulk?

     

    Interesting question ... I don't know of a direct way.

     

    Workaround: GROUP all, and then move the complete design by some amount.

    (Maybe you move it back later.) Since the approval marks are related to

    the object coordinates, the next DRC will detect all errors again.

     

    Tilmann

     

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Tilmann Reh wrote:

    Oppie schrieb:

     

    >> Eagle 5.11

    >>

    >> Working on a new version of an old board. Got about 200 "errors"

    >> that were reviewed and approved. Now I want to go back and review

    >> everything from scratch. What is the best way to do this?

    >>

    >> If I pull up the DRC errors, I can see the approved ones and

    >> disapprove them individually. Is there a way to do this in bulk?

     

    Interesting question ... I don't know of a direct way.

     

    Workaround: GROUP all, and then move the complete design by some

    amount. (Maybe you move it back later.) Since the approval marks are

    related to the object coordinates, the next DRC will detect all

    errors again.

     

    Tilmann

     

    I investigated Tilmann's suggestion and found it only works if you don't

    return the design to the original position. Even saving the moved design and

    reopening the board, the approved errors are still within the design file so

    if you then position the board back to its original position, the approved

    list reappears.Still qualifies as a work around though image

     

    Warren

     

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Warren Brayshaw schrieb:

     

    I investigated Tilmann's suggestion and found it only works if you don't

    return the design to the original position. Even saving the moved design and

    reopening the board, the approved errors are still within the design file so

    if you then position the board back to its original position, the approved

    list reappears.Still qualifies as a work around though image

     

    You need to run DRC after the first move - I think that will remove all

    approvals of the old positions.

    After that, you can move back and then run DRC again.

     

    Tilmann

     

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    autodeskguest over 8 years ago in reply to xadidas

    On 25/08/2017 5:04 a.m., Eric Jalbert wrote:

    I found a way to do that.  Just rename your .BRD file to .XML then use a standard XML editor, and delete all <approve /> tags between the <errors> and </errors> tag and your approved errors are no longer approved!

     

    Hope this helps!

     

    Eric

     

     

    As there is not much with Eagle to entertain me these days, I created

    the attached ULP.

     

    With it and from the board editor you can unapprove,in bulk, all the DRC

    errors you have previously approved. It makes those same changes to the

    board XML while the board is displayed.

     

    If the attached file does not make it to Element14, get it from

    EagleCentral.

     

    Enjoy

    Warren

     

     

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    Thunderbird!

    ... or http://www.eaglecentral.ca browser access to CadSoft EAGLE

    support forums.

     

     

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    autodeskguest over 8 years ago in reply to xadidas

    On 25/08/2017 5:04 a.m., Eric Jalbert wrote:

    I found a way to do that.  Just rename your .BRD file to .XML then use a standard XML editor, and delete all <approve /> tags between the <errors> and </errors> tag and your approved errors are no longer approved!

     

    Hope this helps!

     

    Eric

     

     

    As there is not much with Eagle to entertain me these days, I created

    the attached ULP.

     

    With it and from the board editor you can unapprove,in bulk, all the DRC

    errors you have previously approved. It makes those same changes to the

    board XML while the board is displayed.

     

    If the attached file does not make it to Element14, get it from

    EagleCentral.

     

    Enjoy

    Warren

     

     

    --

    ... use NNTP://news.cadsoft.de and a functional news reader like

    Thunderbird!

    ... or http://www.eaglecentral.ca browser access to CadSoft EAGLE

    support forums.

     

     

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    autodeskguest over 8 years ago in reply to xadidas

    On 25/08/2017 5:04 a.m., Eric Jalbert wrote:

    I found a way to do that.  Just rename your .BRD file to .XML then use a standard XML editor, and delete all <approve /> tags between the <errors> and </errors> tag and your approved errors are no longer approved!

     

    Hope this helps!

     

    Eric

     

     

    As there is not much with Eagle to entertain me these days, I created

    the attached ULP.

     

    With it and from the board editor you can unapprove,in bulk, all the DRC

    errors you have previously approved. It makes those same changes to the

    board XML while the board is displayed.

     

    If the attached file does not make it to Element14, get it from

    EagleCentral.

     

    Enjoy

    Warren

     

     

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    Thunderbird!

    ... or http://www.eaglecentral.ca browser access to CadSoft EAGLE

    support forums.

     

     

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