User Guide

SpecifytheBoardOutline 99
ArrangeDevices 100
BoardswithComponentsonBothSides 102
ExchangingHousingForms 102
ChangingtheTechnology 103
DefineForbiddenAreas 103
Routing-PlacingTracksManually 104
DefiningaCopperPlanewithPOLYGON 105
CheckingtheLayoutandCorrectingErrors 106
CreatingManufacturingData 109
6.4MultilayerBoards 110
SignalLayers 110
PowerSupplyLayerwithOneSignal 110
GroundAreasandSupplyLayerswithMorethanOneSignal 111
6.5UpdatingComponents(LibraryUpdate) 112
6.6PrintOutSchematicandLayout 113
7TheAutorouter
7.1BasicFeatures 117
7.2WhatCanbeExpectedfromtheAutorouter 117
7.3ControllingtheAutorouter 118
BusRouter 118
RoutingPass 119
Optimization 119
7.4WhatHastobeDefinedBeforeAutorouting 120
DesignRules 120
TrackWidthandNetClasses 120
Grid 120
MemoryRequirement 122
Layer 122
PreferredDirections 123
RestrictedAreasfortheAutorouter 123
CostFactorsandOtherControlParameters 124
7.5HowtheCostFactorsInfluencetheRoutingProcess 124
cfBase.xx:0..20 124
cfVia:0..99 124
cfNonPref:0..10 125
cfChangeDir:0..25 125
cfOrthStep,cfDiagStep 125
cfExtdStep:0..30 125
cfBonusStep,cfMalusStep:1..3 126
cfPadImpact,cfSmdImpact:0..10 126
cfBusImpact:0..10 126
cfHugging:0..5 126
cfAvoid0..10 126
cfPolygon0..30 126