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I've had this issue for a little while now and it's getting worse as my boards get more complex. I'm currently working on a 10 layer board, and it's getting incredibly frustrating to have the software stop, freeze, and perform an unwanted DRC check all the time.

After a while of working in the PCB Layout, the software starts performing a real-time DRC check on random mouse clicks, ending up getting more and more until it is on literally every mouse click.
I never have real-time DRC enabled, but I eventually find the checkbox ends up selected by itself.

It's really annoying for the computer to essentially freeze for up to half a minute constantly and randomly.

Is this a know issue and is there a workaround for it?

Thank you for the report. We are not aware of the issue before but will investigate it after the report. How soon does the real-time DRC become enabled or in other words how frequently do you have to disable it? Do you have an observation what toggles the option?

Hi,

I will take some notes and see if there are any patterns or reproduceable sequences of events to trigger the issue.

It seems to be after a number of hours working on a multi layer board, I noticed it on the 10 layer board I am currently working on, but have not had the issue on 2 or 4 layer boards from memory.

I will monitor for the next week or so and reply with my results.


Thanks!