Default Line Width

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In Eagle 9.2 we set our DRC / Sizes / Minimum Width to specify the Rules for Minimum Width. This parameter is verified when we run DRC Errors to make sure we did not violate the rule.

It also seems to set the width of any line we draw, which is a nuisance.

I'd like to keep the rule as to minimum width of a trace, but I'd also like to be able to set the width of any traces I intend to draw notwithstanding the Minimum Width established in DRC.

Example: I set DRC Minimum Width to 10 mils and I route 20 traces @ 10 mils. Some time later I want to draw some 24 mil traces, some 20 mil traces, some 135 mil traces, etc.

I have 2 options:

1) Go into DRC and change Minimum Width rule to the width of the trace I want to draw, which causes errors to be called on everything already drawn less than the new width, or,

2) Be bullied and abused  on every effing chunk of a trace I want to draw thereafter when that chunk of trace is not 10 mils by having to right click, select Route, go to a top menu bar and change the width to what I need, then draw that chunk, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. It's absolutely horrible. Horrible. Horrible. HORRIBLE.

So WTF is up with this?

Is there a configuration setting I'm not finding in this software?

How can I say to this software "Draw all my traces hereafter at n mils width until I tell you otherwise."

[Anonymous]

Hi!
Welcome to the heaven mate!  

I pushing Eagle to show as I sort fo configuration menu but no way.

There is no config menu in Eagle, hmmm, just to be more precise, yes, there is some sort of 

configuration menu all over in Eagle, but to manage that all stuff that's crap.

So, I would say, maybe there is some workaround how to achieve your wish but wait for a moderator.

They maybe know something about that tweaking.

I'm also interested in how to solve this. 

My best regards.

[rachaelATWH4 · Accepted solution]

Hello,

When you say you are setting the DRC minimums, are you really or are you setting the values in the net classes? You see, it doesn't force the width based on the DRC settings, but it can force the width based on net class.

In Options->Set...->Misc uncheck the options that says "Auto set route width and drill" and it will no longer force and new routes to use the net class settings. 

Best Regards,

Rachael

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Thank you Rachel!

[rachaelATWH4]

You're welcome!