Component Rule Check
Created: August 04, 2017 | Updated: February 22, 2018
| Applies to versions: 18.0, 18.1, 19.0, 19.1, 20.0, 20.1 and 20.2
Now reading version 18. For the latest, read: Component Rule Check for version 21
Summary
The Component Rule Check dialog allows you to specify rules to check a component that is currently active in the PCB library.
Access
The dialog is accessed from the PCB Library Editor by clicking Reports » Component Rule Check from the main menus.
Options/Controls
Duplicate
- Pads - enable this option to check for components with duplicate pads.
- Primitives - enable this option to check for components with duplicate primitives.
- Footprints - enable this option to check for components with duplicate footprints.
Constraints
- Missing Pad Names - enable this option to check for components with missing pad names.
- Mirrored Component - enable this option to check for components that are mirrored.
- Offset Component Reference - enable this option to check for components with the component reference offset.
- Shorted Copper - enable this option to check for components with shorted copper.
- Unconnected Copper - enable this option to check for components with unconnected copper.
- Check All Components - enable this option to check all components in the library.