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This page will serve to document the design rule checker.
Presently, the violations are identified in find.c, and then appended to a list in the gtk hid. In the lesstif and batch hids, you get a pop-up window or a text prompt that describes the error.
Executing the DRC() action will wipe out the selected, found, and DRC flags on most objects, although, apparently not elements.