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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: new pcb layout program..

From: DJ Delorie <dj@...>
Date: 2008-03-21

"Andrew" <andrewm1973@...> writes:
> However the "nudge routing" is very very interesting. I hand route a
> lot of boards and I would love to have a feature like this.
>
> I wonder what DJ thinks of it and if it might ever be on the to-do
> list in PCB. It can produce boards like the ones DJ does with his
> "global puller" from the outset.

The nudge routing is what I had in mind when I started on the global
puller, but I was never able to get it to the point where it could be
used that way.

If Liquid PCB is GPL, someone could merge LP's UI with PCB's backend.