/products/eagle/b/blog/posts/are-you-better-than-the-autorouterBy Jorge Garcia, Cadsoft Computer Few tools get as much slack as autorouters do. I&#39;ve never seen anyone devalue a hammer or a screwdriver, but autorouters are usually seen as the crutch of beginners in PCB design; somethin...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/products/eagle/b/blog/posts/are-you-better-than-the-autorouterMon, 07 Dec 2015 17:44:51 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca7d1526-c290-40a5-aa4a-b938807fa8a6Jorge_Garcia0<p>Thanks for the kind words Compact. I appreciate it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Best Regards,</p><p>Jorge Garcia</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=21110&AppID=69&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/products/eagle/b/blog/posts/are-you-better-than-the-autorouterSat, 05 Dec 2015 22:13:18 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca7d1526-c290-40a5-aa4a-b938807fa8a6COMPACT0<p>Hi Jorge!</p><p>I have no antagonism towards autorouters because I used to use them in conjunction with my manual routing. I performed manual routing for 40 years and can apply additional rules to the layout that are not considered by autorouters. Being human allows a different viewpoint of the PCB and thus different strategies to autorouters. Autorouters are great for providing ideas to the designer.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I hope Santa tracks you down for Christmas.</p><p>Maybe he could use an autorouter to improve his delivery route!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Very Compact</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=21110&AppID=69&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">