I remember when Protel bought "NeuroRoute" from Gene Marsh (?) At the time, which was not that long ago, EVERYONE was saying it, NeuroRoute, was the best thing since sliced bread.
What happened? tr :) -----Original Message----- From: Ray Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 5:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEDA] The Protel 99SE router (router?) Hello, Is anyone big defender of the Protel 99SE router (except maybe Protel)? Here are some "features" I have noticed. I'm sure this is this the tip of the iceberg. Is DXP/2004 any better? I wish that instead of producing new bad products they would spend their time fixing the bad ones they've already sold us. 1. When I route my board using 4 signal layers it is unable to route 12 signals. When I give it 6 signal layers it is unable to route 24 signals. Is this backwards or what? 2. It rips up and reroutes some locked pre-routed traces. 3. In some cases it stops a trace about 1/16" from its destination pad even though there is nothing in the way, then produces a DRC error because of it. 4. It sometimes brings vias from different nets up into a no-net polygon pour, shorting them all together, then produces a DRC error because of it. 5. It sometimes lays a track from one net onto another, shorting them out, then produces a DRC error because of it. Oh well, it still beats tape and a light table! Thanks, Ray Mitchell Ray Mitchell Engineer, Code 2732 SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego, CA. 92152 (619)553-5344 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
