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Subject: Re: [geda-help] Help understanding messages from auto-router
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Hi Karl,

That python program is a quick-and-dirty hack that would take rather a lot of work to bring it to a state suitable for sharing.

I've taken a brief look at pcb-rnd but the sparse documentation is discouraging.

Cheers

Cam

On 2023-09-11 09:39, karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Cam Farnell:
>> Well, having had no response here, I wrote a Python program which
> ...
> 
> Very nice, I did something similar but in perl as a perl module (kind
> of a lib): http://aspodata.se/git/openhw/bin/Pcb.pm
> 
> You could possible help a fellow by publish your program as a lib.
> 
>> But, given the silence here, I suppose the real message is that I
>> should be using pcb-rnd instead.
> 
> pcb-rnd should give you more options, and the real action have moved
> there. The only downside with pcb-rnd is much bigger files, but in
> every other aspect it should be better.
> 
>> On 2023-09-02 20:47, Cam (camfarnell AT bitflipper DOT ca) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>>> I'm running PCB "version 4.2.2, Compiled on Mar  9 2022 at 23:53:29" on an Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS machine.
>>>
>>> After running the auto-router on my board, I get the following messages:
>>>
>>> 692 rat lines remaining
>>> 692 of 692 nets successfully routed.
>>> Dropping via at (2272.50, 3587.50) mil because it's hole would overlap with the via at (2272.50, 3572.50) mil
> ...
>>> Dropping via at (5757.50, 2996.50) mil because it's hole would overlap with the via at (5757.50, 3011.50) mil
>>> Total added wire length = 41.38553 m, 2476 vias added
>>> Congratulations!!
>>> The layout is complete and has no shorted nets.
>>>
>>> Are these "dropping via" messages something I need to be concerned
>>> about? Missing vias would be bad. I couldn't find anything in the
>>> manual about this.
> 
> Well the message says that the router will not place vias at
> overlapping positions, which seems to be a good thing.
> 
> Since you got a "The layout is complete and has no shorted nets."
> there will not be any missing connections, it says all things are
> connected and there are no shorts. Finish this off by doing a drc
> to make sure that this is manufacturable.
> 
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar
> 
>