Having worked in EDA myself, though not on these final signoff steps, I agree that purely geometry-based checks really don't need doubles. Most of it should just be done as 32-bit fixed point. Both because it's better for performance, and because it drives home the point that you need to think carefully about precision issues for correctness reasons. Using doubles is just a band-aid.
I'm less confident about it when it comes to anything that involves calculating anything electromagnetic because I just don't know that subfield.
I'm less confident about it when it comes to anything that involves calculating anything electromagnetic because I just don't know that subfield.