the 99SE autorouter is pretty good at yesterday's technology if your board is largely through hole and DIPs and pin headers and if the placement is reasonable it will route it in no time and it will be largely usable
i seems to have hardwired code that recognizes those sorts of patterns on bds using today's techology it is marginal or worse as usual the answer is 'it depends' Dennis Saputelli Tom Robinson wrote: > > Is the autorouter in 99se sp6 really as bad as users make it out to be? > > I thought NeuroRoute was the 'cat's meow'. > > I remember years ago when it came out, a person who used it said they were > 'tickled pink'. > > tr :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:55 AM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison > > On 11:22 PM 19/05/2004, Protel Hell said: > >the perfect CAD does not exist, for one thing, for it to be perfect would > >require zero bugs and cost would be free, while DXP comes closer than most > >to the latter, it is also a leader in the former > > > >does anybody have a worse autorouter than Protel? or is not OK to mention > >that either? > > I actually have no problem with people complaining about Protel. I would > prefer it was not anonymously as this is sometimes used as a mask to make > people braver than otherwise. People generally tend to be more careful and > considered in their comments when they can be identified. I also really > like it be factual and to be constructive. > > I think it is perfectly reasonable to point out where the program falls > short of competitors. The autorouter is a good example - it is being > improved and some people are getting useful results, but I would be > surprised if it was as good as the competitors and it is still quite > slow. I suspect my standard test board is just too hard - I will retry the > P2004 version of the autorouter on something a little less challenging to > see how it goes at some stage. My Electra trial ran out (again!) before I > could run this board through it. (I may send it on to Pat Nystrom to see > if he will run it through and send back the results - will you do that for > me Pat?) > > Ian > > >>From: "edsi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison > >>Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 07:55:14 -0500 > >> > >>PH > >>Which "CAD" system are you used to working with? I would like to hear > >>more about your perfect CAD system. Is it called Virtual CAD? > >> > >> > >>Mike Reagan > >>EDSI -- _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
