User Guide

SpecifytheBoardOutline 108
ArrangeDevices 110
BoardswithComponentsonBothSides 111
ExchangingPackages 112
ChangingtheTechnology 113
DefineForbiddenAreas 113
Routing  PlacingTracksManually 114
DefiningaCopperPlanewithPOLYGON 115
DRC  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  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 137
7.2WhatCanbeExpectedfromtheAutorouter 138
7.3ControllingtheAutorouter 138
BusRouter 139
RoutingPass 139
Optimization 139
7.4WhatHastobeDefinedBeforeAutorouting 140
DesignRules 140
TrackWidthandNetClasses 140
Grid 140
MemoryRequirement 142
Layer 143
PreferredDirections 143
RestrictedAreasfortheAutorouter 143
CostFactorsandOtherControlParameters 144
7.5HowtheCostFactorsInfluencetheRoutingProcess 144
cfBase.xx:0..20 144
cfVia:0..99 145
cfNonPref:0..10 145
cfChangeDir:0..25 145
cfOrthStep,cfDiagStep 145
cfExtdStep:0..30 145
cfBonusStep,cfMalusStep:1..3 146
cfPadImpact,cfSmdImpact:0..10 146
cfBusImpact:0..10 146
cfHugging:0..5 146
cfAvoid0..10 146