User Guide

If one of these values is exceeded, the router interrupts the ripup pro
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cess and reestablishes the status which was valid at the first track which
could not be routed. This track is considered as unroutable, and the
routercontinueswiththenexttrack.
7.7 The Autorouter Menu
When running the Autorouter with the AUTO command, the setup
menuappearsfirst.Allthenecessarysettingsaremadethere.
Autoroutersetup:Generalsettings(General tab)
This is where you specify the layers that may be used for routing and
which preferred directions apply. Click in the appropriate combo box
withthemouse,andselectthedesiredvalue.
Settingthepreferreddirections:
-horizontal
|vertical
/diagonalat45°
\diagonalat135°
*none
N/ALayernotactive
Define a suitable Routing grid and select the shape of the through-plated
holes(Viashape).
You may use the Load... and Save as.... buttons to load a different pa
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rameter set from an Autorouter control file (*.ctl) or to save the settings
inaCTLfile.
You now make the settings for the individual routing steps. Click on the
correspondingtabandmakeanysettingsyoumaywant.
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