1. A computer implemented method for checking or verifying shapes in an electronic design, comprising: using a computer system to execute a process, the process comprising: identifying or determining a dictionary for an electronic design; reducing, at a sliced line module stored at least partially in memory and including or function in conjunction with one or more microprocessors of the computer system, dimensionality of design data in a region at least by identifying or determining a first sliced line for the region in the electronic design, wherein the first sliced line includes one or more projected boundaries of the region; and checking or verifying the electronic design to identify one or more non-conforming shapes by using at least the first sliced line.
1. A computer implemented method for checking or verifying shapes in an electronic design, comprising: using a computer system to execute a process, the process comprising: identifying or determining a dictionary for an electronic design; reducing, at a sliced line module stored at least partially in memory and including or function in conjunction with one or more microprocessors of the computer system, dimensionality of design data in a region at least by identifying or determining a first sliced line for the region in the electronic design, wherein the first sliced line includes one or more projected boundaries of the region; and checking or verifying the electronic design to identify one or more non-conforming shapes by using at least the first sliced line. 9. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , the process further comprising: identifying a non-conforming shape from the one or more non-conforming shapes, wherein the one or more non-conforming shapes do not satisfy a requirement that requires respective widths of the one or more non-conforming shapes correspond to widths associated with tracks in recognized or legal track patterns; determining whether or not the non-conforming shape violates a design rule; and determining whether a shape in the region resolves a violation of the design rule.