Autoroute angles

just guessing...but there is a cost "NonPref" that sounds like it might

be what you need.

Doug schrieb:

Hello,

 

I am using the autorouter in 5.6.0 and do not seem to be able to prevent

traces going at an angle.

I have set and set preferred directions and set the costs for diagonal step

and ortho step very high and this does not help.

 

What setting do I need to update to have traces go vertical or horizontal

only?

 

Doing the last few traces manually is difficult with angular traces present.

 

Thanks,

 

Doug

 

 

There is no fixed setting that forbids diagonal steps, but try

to set

cf ExtdStep = 99

mn ExtdStep = 0

cf OrthStep = 1

cf DiagStep = 5....10

HTH

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Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

Richard Hammerl

CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

Richard Hammerl schrieb:

There is no fixed setting that forbids diagonal steps, but try

to set

 

cf ExtdStep = 99

mn ExtdStep = 0

 

cf OrthStep = 1

cf DiagStep = 5....10

 

HTH

And don't forget to set this in the Optimize passes as well.

--

Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

Richard Hammerl

CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

Hi Doug,

Just a note, I'm not  trying to tell you how to build a specific board but

angles make a better overall board, there are less stresses on tracks. I cut

most of my corners with angles.

Rob

"Richard Hammerl" <ric@cadsoft.de> wrote in message

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Richard Hammerl schrieb:

 

There is no fixed setting that forbids diagonal steps, but try

to set

 

cf ExtdStep = 99

mn ExtdStep = 0

 

cf OrthStep = 1

cf DiagStep = 5....10

 

HTH

 

And don't forget to set this in the Optimize passes as well.

 

 

--

Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

Richard Hammerl

CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

Richard,

I have set it up as suggested.

It will be about a day until it is done, but I should be able to see soon if

it is helping.

Thanks,

Doug

"Richard Hammerl" <ric@cadsoft.de> wrote in message

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Richard Hammerl schrieb:

 

There is no fixed setting that forbids diagonal steps, but try

to set

 

cf ExtdStep = 99

mn ExtdStep = 0

 

cf OrthStep = 1

cf DiagStep = 5....10

 

HTH

 

And don't forget to set this in the Optimize passes as well.

 

 

--

Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

Richard Hammerl

CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

Richard,

Thank you,

That worked well.

Doug

"Rob" <euclid@delhitel.net> wrote in message

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Hi Doug,

Just a note, I'm not  trying to tell you how to build a specific board but

angles make a better overall board, there are less stresses on tracks. I

cut most of my corners with angles.

Rob

"Richard Hammerl" <ric@cadsoft.de> wrote in message

news:hbp7gn$a9v$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

Richard Hammerl schrieb:

 

There is no fixed setting that forbids diagonal steps, but try

to set

 

cf ExtdStep = 99

mn ExtdStep = 0

 

cf OrthStep = 1

cf DiagStep = 5....10

 

HTH

 

And don't forget to set this in the Optimize passes as well.

 

 

--

Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

Richard Hammerl

CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm