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Anyone tried FreeRouting online autorouter?

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As I've been told to avoid Eagle's own autorouter, and Electra etc.

being too expensive, I kept searching and found something that claims to

be a free cost autorouter, but you have to run it over a website, no

downloads. Anyone else tried it and have comments?

http://www.freerouting.net/

 

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  • On 10/12/10 3:03 PM, Bill Toner wrote:

    As I've been told to avoid Eagle's own autorouter, and Electra etc.

    being too expensive, I kept searching and found something that claims to

    be a free cost autorouter, but you have to run it over a website, no

    downloads. Anyone else tried it and have comments?

    http://www.freerouting.net/

     

    I use Eagle's autorouter for 90% of the jobs I do, Electra for the

    remaining 10%. There is nothing wrong with Eagle's autorouter. Will it

    do as good a job as hand-routing? No. Does it matter? No -- not for 90%

    of the jobs I do. The electrons still get from point A to point B. For

    the 10% of the traces that are critical, route those by hand first then

    let Eagle loose on the non-critical stuff.

     

    I really can't understand why people would try to steer you away from

    Eagle's autorouter. It's a tool. All tools have benefits and

    limitations, and it is important that you understand what you're doing

    and when a tool is or is not right for the job.

     

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  • On 10/12/10 3:03 PM, Bill Toner wrote:

    As I've been told to avoid Eagle's own autorouter, and Electra etc.

    being too expensive, I kept searching and found something that claims to

    be a free cost autorouter, but you have to run it over a website, no

    downloads. Anyone else tried it and have comments?

    http://www.freerouting.net/

     

    I use Eagle's autorouter for 90% of the jobs I do, Electra for the

    remaining 10%. There is nothing wrong with Eagle's autorouter. Will it

    do as good a job as hand-routing? No. Does it matter? No -- not for 90%

    of the jobs I do. The electrons still get from point A to point B. For

    the 10% of the traces that are critical, route those by hand first then

    let Eagle loose on the non-critical stuff.

     

    I really can't understand why people would try to steer you away from

    Eagle's autorouter. It's a tool. All tools have benefits and

    limitations, and it is important that you understand what you're doing

    and when a tool is or is not right for the job.

     

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