Hi Dave,
It boils down to component placement to minimize wire lengths and
crossings. I used to do it on paper; now I use PCB layout software.
For simple circuits, I just do the layout and routing manually. For
more complex circuits, I might draw a schematic so the program can
make routing easier and check connectivity.
In general, I don't use autorouting.
I use Eagle Lite. It's free, but can only autoroute small boards.
Regards,
Dennis
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David Frascone <dave@...> wrote:
>
> How do you layout the stuff for point-to-point? It always looks so
neat
> and clean, but, when I built my tube preamp, my wiring looked like a
> rats nest . . . . Is there software or something to help with
> point-to-point wiring?