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From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] mucs autorouter
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> Hi all,
> 
> I've been playing with an old utility, pcb2ncap, form 2001, by Luis 
> Claudio Gamboa Lopes. It can convert a PCB design into a design mucs can 
> load an route then convert the results back to PCB.
> 
> Running it on the example board coming with the utility, I got this.
> 
> Input: http://igor2.repo.hu/tmp/tut.pcb (+ a netlist)
> Output: http://igor2.repo.hu/tmp/tut_routed.pcb
> 
> I could invest some more hours and rewrite the util to be a plugin. The 
> question is whether it is worth the effort. More generally, do anyone like 
> the example output? Or the idea of the "biased layers" (hirozontal traces 
> on one layer, vertical on another, plus a lot of vias)?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Igor2

I do not like a lot of vias. "biased layers" with one layer for vertical and another for horizontal is a common method to find routes. I think it is a good method to have at hand.


Regards Nicklas Karlsson