I've previously used the autorouter on a 6/6 4 layer board with out many problems. When using the autorouter I've always had to spend a lot of time cleaning up the routes. Since that time, I've stopped using the autorouter. After I saw how much better I can do by hand, with a little more effort than the cleanup took before, I've been doing all my routing by hand..
What I think might be interesting a manual meta-router. So you can interactively control how buses are routed without dragging each and every trace. It would also be nice if the push mode could evenly space the tracks it is pushing. With the speed of todays computers there is certainly a lot of "autorouting" small portions of the design that can been done interactively with the designer. The interface would definately take a lot of revisions and user feedback to get right. Of course if autorouting gets better and cheaper it would blow any manual meta-router out of the market. What I really want is a good autorouter that produces clean routes with good adherence to signal integrity and other design rules. On the other-hand, for the 3 or 4 boards I do a year I doubt I can justify the price of such a thing if it exists. Anyhow, I find, in moderation hand routing boards is relaxing and meditative. Joey Nelson ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 8655680B5FCD5E49A40C56734BFA886A7FFE2BD6 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
