X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=sEw5cXxsb8dfqkUEHZaNjz+9RHhrYQUhe1CzI9gzeSg=; b=M4CSv4+iangFVLHdYxroNN3O62EiKaNfvZ9SafPqFYekVad2XCQtU0BzA49+4wiWpH vzG1qLj5xFdAFx3KyI/t54q9eYSNOxKXi5PU+Az+/Y5p+C3ZqK82aJ4YQFXeozPgdDTY L2Vv5JjiHyQ2PiZanQnPOVdFVZUXMcWLCtANcHdx8zlkQuz/kjHsqg6yhBZmVbBEOcxg sEDfTDaqFo+CHlRNPn23y0nyD+m+tTNnkGgHGWQM00FLuSAtOv6LzygUlx6oI4aTjIdB Ty/3t137t+SihF9UlCc9+FDrYdhMr6n3NtmoisRPTodyenvx3j6bUXxzl1NgKp5vowFt yIiQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.93.196 with SMTP id cw4mr16057136wib.39.1389629411741; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:10:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1389363489 DOT 2427 DOT 5 DOT camel AT AMD64X2 DOT fritz DOT box> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:10:11 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] New router pictures From: Nathan Stewart To: "geda-user AT delorie DOT com" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0438932b74d73004efdc4ff0 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --f46d0438932b74d73004efdc4ff0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'll add my voice to the cheers. Ironic, and not a matter of substance, but looking at these routings reminds me of hand drawn boards from the 70's, and as a result feel kind of dated. Just an observation and not an actual criticism - I'll happily give up hundreds of hours of the equivalent of playing tetris for a working autorouter. I'll also echo Kai-Martin's question - I know that there are quite often ciruit imposed rules at a much higher level than the simple design rules - minimizing metal attached to the switch pins of a SMPS, for instance. --f46d0438932b74d73004efdc4ff0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'll add my voice to the cheers. Ironic, and not a mat= ter of substance, but looking at these routings reminds me of hand drawn bo= ards from the 70's, and as a result feel kind of dated. Just an observa= tion and not an actual criticism - I'll happily give up hundreds of hou= rs of the equivalent of playing tetris for a working autorouter.

I'll al= so echo Kai-Martin's question - I know that there are quite often cirui= t imposed rules at a much higher level than the simple design rules - minim= izing metal attached to the switch pins of a SMPS, for instance.

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