To speed up trace cleanup if the autorouter has left a mess, which it can under some conditions, turn on the option under Tools/Preferences/Options/Interactive_Routing, Automatically Remove Loops.
This command has no effect on your existing routing, except when you manually add a track that creates a loop. In that case it will rip up the old path. It works best when connections are either made from a track endpoint or include a segment which is colinear with existing track. Snap makes it easy to do this, you can start the new track anywhere along the last piece of old track that you want to keep (even if you only want to keep one end of it). Experiment with it, it *does* work. The upshot is that instead of having to delete old track and route new, one simply routes new track, all that meandering autorouter track is automatically ripped up. I leave loop removal turned on as a default, it makes all manual routing easier. If I *want* a loop, I just turn it off temporarily. Abd ul-Rahman Lomax LOMAX DESIGN ASSOCIATES PCB design, consulting, and training Protel EDA license resales Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA (413) 527-3881, efax (419) 730-4777 www.lomaxdesign.com ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 109FA5CCBD920F4B93B79E9A130AB9DF0353A884 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
