Hi guys,
I was the original author of QAutorouter, sorry, I've been in
hybernation for the last year while I keep my livelyhood from going
under. Still up to my neck, but I've been able to loosen up some cycles
and I have just started to work on QAutorouter again.
I've been studying searching and routing algorithms over the last year
or two, and I think I have a pretty good handle on plan for a simple
routing algorithm. The path finder will be based on the A* path finding
algorithm at the core, using a manhattan-length heuristic future-cost
estimation function, then wrapped in some kinds of "fitting" helpers
that account for track widths, punching through layers, etc...
Anybody interested in that sort of thing, help would certainly be welcome.
--Mike
On 04/28/2014 08:41 PM, 'Andrew Lynch <[email protected]>' via
N8VEM-S100 'Andrew Lynch <[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi
If you are looking to make an important lasting contribution to
hobbyist home electronics and are software proficient please consider
working on QAutorouter project.
KiCAD has only rudimentary autorouting capability and relies on
FreeRouting.net.
This is inherently dangerous as FreeRouting is closed source
proprietary software.
There is a long standing and sincere need for free hobbyist PCB
autorouting/push & shove manual routing software.
Please consider.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qautorouter/?source=navbar
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch
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