Drilled hole too close to other hole | 🧨 KiCad Custom Rule
Intro
This series of short notes showing practical examples of using custom text-based rules for KiCad EDA.
🔺 Issue Description
I have board with two battery connectors for different versions, so in one version it could be 18650 and in another 21700:
The problem is the holes located too close and KiCad show errors:
🔧 Issue Fix
Open Board Setup -> Custom Rules and add following rule with specifying your net name (in my case it's -BATT and BAT_INPUT):
Click OK:
✔ Fixed
Rerun DRC again and now violations on all battery pins correctly excluded by custom rule:
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