Werner Almesberger wrote: > > You mean that "Global AutoRouter" works for you after using > "Autoplace All Modules" ? I still get "File <anneal> not > found" :-( Presumably it's some external router program, > but where would this come from ? > The "Global Autorouter > Global AutoRoute" menu item calls an external program named "anneal" (for Linux) or "anneal.exe" (for Windows). That program is not supplied with KiCad, so I suspect that it is either an experimental program that is not ready to be released, or perhaps a non-free program that the KiCad author does not have permission to distribute.
KiCad's built-in autorouter can be invoked with "Global Autorouter > Autoroute all modules" or "Autoroute net" or "Autoroute pad". But don't expect great results. The KiCad autorouter is, at this point, somewhat primitive. It often fails to find obvious solutions, even when asked to route a single trace that can be routed entirely on one layer. It sometimes adds vias for no obvious reason. It cannot use more than two layers at once. It only considers pad-to-pad solutions, failing to find solutions that connect to already-routed segments on the same net. KiCad is a good tool for schematic editing and manual PCB layout, but if you need serious autorouting capabilities, KiCad is currently not likely to satisfy your requirements. Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please contribute your symbols/modules to the library folder in the group files section. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
