On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 at 21:59:06, ZN wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Half? Actually, that would be all the tools :-) Oh... you mean an
>auto-router? I don't really believe in them :-) Well... actually, I do, but
>I simply can't afford one that could do a board better than I can - and
>ultimately, in the same time! For instance: GF IO part of the PCB requires
>6 layers to route (I won't even tell you the number of vias it generates
>:-((( ), hand routing takes the same time, and needs 4 layers and about
>0.1x the number of vias. It took the same only because I had to rip up most
>of what the autorouter did in order to get 100% routed and redo it by hand
>- the autorouter stuff was mostly in the way!
Hear hear .... and I really like the hand-routing exercises. Using
auto-routers is a bit like getting a plumber in and never quite liking
what he did, and complaining about the cost.
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