Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: > Evidently I have much better luck with the autorouter than most of you folks > do. > > I have used it on boards ranging from 2-sided to 8 layer. I admit that > there are sometimes things it does which baffle me, but I don't get the > design rule violations like was described in the original post. And I > almost always get 100% completion. And it's fast!
It is VASTLY faster than the autorouter on Protel98, which was so bad we never were able to use it. > The thing with the autorouter is you must practice with it to get good > results. Tweak every parameter you can think of and see what happens. I > will typically have to tweak parameters and do trial routes until I get > satisfactory results. On an 8-layer PCB I might spend an afternoon trying > different things. Then maybe 15-30 min. of manual cleanup after I get the > result I like (or hate least). Yes, this is imperative. I have seen enough to know it is true, but I don't think I am anywhere near good at properly setting it up, yet. Jon ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: CCE3A4B0C891054FA61AB0D242D398C22E6B7C4E * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *