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Hi guys-
Sorry, I just noticed this. It didn't get prioritized in my inbox. I'll try to take a deeper look at it this coming weekend.
I fixed a lot of DRC issues in 4.2.0, and this may have been one of them. I believe it will flag any object with a clearance less than the global minimum copper clearance as an error.
I believe the "correct" way to connect a surface mount pads to a plane is to set an appropriate clearance for the pad and then use a line without the "clearline" flag set. This can be done by changing a setting in the Settings menu: "New lines, arcs clear polygons". I don't remember off the top of my head if there is a hotkey for this.
I agree that the thermal tool should work for pads. I actually started looking at implementing this a couple months ago. It turns out that it's not as trivial as one might hope. There is a branch you can try if you're interested: LP699495. However, in my opinion it's not ready for prime time. I think it works for pads that are horizontally or vertically aligned, but non-90-degree rotations will cause seg-faults.