Is the DRC (board editor) doing its job in real time as we work on it?
Or is it only triggered manually just like it’s done in eagle?
I think it would be better if it was doing it as we are working, so we get a warning as soon as we caused something violating DRC.
Check out the release notes of the 0.1.3 release:
https://librepcb.org/blog/2019-11-30_release_0.1.3/
The DRC is not (yet?) working in real-time, you have to run it manually. Furthermore, design rule options are not yet saved to files, so you have to re-enter them after opening the project the next time. This will be implemented in the next major release of LibrePCB (because it requires a file format change).
Alright. That’s one area where eagle can be easily beat.
And while at it, I don’t think making tented vias should be done via a trick like it’s done with eagle. There has to be a more explicit way and per via.