[EFM] Been quiet lately... too much DIY ?

[Theo]

Sounds like you exspect the auto router to do it all on its own.
I like to use it more as an interactive tool.
Power stucture routed by hand.
Then auto route seclected parts, like busses or all short nets from one IC.
In some cases the auto routed traces need editing and sometimes the router
doesn't see the obvious solution.
Some times it may help if you make things easier for the auto router, eg
pushing a trace to the other side to make some room.
This way auto routing realy speeds up board disign, I like it.

Cheers Theo


----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 4:11 AM
Subject: Re: [EFM] Been quiet lately... too much DIY ?


> At 12:31 PM 30/05/00 -0700, a guilty party wrote:
>  I have even in the past just done routing.  I
> >get the board, with all the parts placed and netlist loaded, start up the
> >router, wait five minutes, write out a bill for $500, and return it the
next
> >day.  I wish I could make that kind of money all the time. :^)
> >
> A complete prick did this to me once (before I knew anything about noise,
> grounding, EMC etc) and of course the unit was unuseable.
> Sure, you can get away with autorouting for slow digital or high level
> audio. Not for analog synths, though.
>
> paul 'sadder, poorer, wiser' perry Melbourne Australia
>