Eagle CAD + Clearance Errors understanding?

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I am working my way through a few PCB 'attempts' and trying to learn Eagle along the way...

When I click on my errors icon.. I see a few dimension & clearance errors..etc

the clearance errors are usually a trace to close to a via or something...

I 'thought' I could just grab the trace and move/drag it a little bit more out of the way..or re-draw (which I havent learned to do fully yet)....

however when i do manage to edit the error enough. and I re-check the error icon... the same error is still there.. even though I 'fixed' it.. (apparently its not fixing it though)..

is there something that needs to be done? ( have tried re-saving and then re-checking the errors..etc.. (still there)

here is 1 example of a clearance error I cant get rid of..

any tips and tricks for re-editing/altering traces if they are a bit close or cause an error?

**I originally though I could just use the 'WIRE' tool and re-draw (either on top or bottom layer) or branch off to make a new/better route for the trace.. and go back and delete the other/old portion for the original trace..but i always get an error saying something about back annotation..etc.. (but I dont want to remove the whole trace/net.. just that portion where I have re-drawn it)

anyways.. Im stumped on how to clear these clearance errors!??

thanks! :slight_smile:

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Not having Eagle on my work computer, I can't remember exactly, but I think there is a button "Processed" that you can hit and it should take that error away. You can then run it again to still see if there is an error.

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I tried that.. but it only greys out the 'error' line.. and if I hit error icon again in PCB editor.. the are still there (grey'd out)??

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xl97:
I tried that.. but it only greys out the 'error' line.. and if I hit error icon again in PCB editor.. the are still there (grey'd out)??

Are you running the design check again by hitting the Design Rule Check button, or are you just clicking the show errors button that just displays the window?

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oh..hmm.. maybe I have this all backwards?

I believe I was 'only' running/clicking on the ERROR icons on the toolbox (left side.. bottom)

I have now clicked the DRC icon above that.. loaded my iteadStudio DRC file to check against..

(loaded,...apply... check)..

question: how 'important is the tRestrict layer? I mean it seems to 'pad' caps/resistors an awful lot..

Im not crowding 'too bad'.. but some of the tRestrict layers overlap.. if I turn this layer off.. I only have 2-3 errors..LOL