Re: [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Autorouting questions

["Pat Rundle" <pat@opsys.co.uk>]

Yes I used the Protel autorouter, but note that I was using 99SE.

Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Reagan" <edsi@netstorm.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list proteledausers"
<proteledausers@techservinc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Autorouting questions


>
>
> > Autorouting nets with differing widths over their length seems to be a
> > problem, also present in 99SE. The only (partial) way round this seems
to
> be
> > to autoroute after setting the design rule for the minimum width (5mil)
> and
> > then change the rule to 13mil and autoroute again. I think you would
have
> to
> > keep the clearance rule to 5mil everywhere. This sometimes works
> reasonably
> > well - I have routed power supply tracks to PGA before using this method
> by
> > increasing the rule from 5mil to 10mil then 20mil then 40mil and
> autorouting
> > between each change.
> >
> > Pat
> >
>
>
> Pat.
> What router did you use to reroute like that?  Protels?
>
> Mike Regan
> EDSI
> Frederick MD
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