User Guide

SpecifytheBoardOutline 108
ArrangeDevices 109
BoardswithComponentsonBothSides 111
ExchangingPackages 111
ChangingtheTechnology 113
DefineForbiddenAreas 113
Routing ¾ PlacingTracksManually 113
DefiningaCopperPlanewithPOLYGON 115
DRC ¾ CheckingtheLayoutandCorrectingErrors 117
CreatingManufacturingData 120
6.4MultilayerBoards 121
InnerLayer 121
MultilayerBoardswithThroughVias 124
MultilayerwithBlindandBuriedVias 124
MicroVia ¾ ASpecialCaseofBlindVia 131
6.5UpdatingComponents(LibraryUpdate) 132
6.6PrintOutSchematicandLayout 133
7TheAutorouter
7.1BasicFeatures 135
7.2WhatCanbeExpectedfromtheAutorouter 136
7.3ControllingtheAutorouter 136
BusRouter 137
RoutingPass 137
Optimization 137
7.4WhatHastobeDefinedBeforeAutorouting 138
DesignRules 138
TrackWidthandNetClasses 138
Grid 138
MemoryRequirement 140
Layer 141
PreferredDirections 141
RestrictedAreasfortheAutorouter 141
CostFactorsandOtherControlParameters 142
7.5HowtheCostFactorsInfluencetheRoutingProcess 142
cfBase.xx:0..20 142
cfVia:0..99 143
cfNonPref:0..10 143
cfChangeDir:0..25 143
cfOrthStep,cfDiagStep 143
cfExtdStep:0..30 143
cfBonusStep,cfMalusStep:1..3 144
cfPadImpact,cfSmdImpact:0..10 144
cfBusImpact:0..10 144
cfHugging:0..5 144
cfAvoid0..10 144