Auto-place routine that works?

On 11/26/2014 3:18 PM, Joerg wrote:

Hello,

 

Just bought a 7.1 license and taking it for a test drive. I found three

auto-place ULPs in the download section but none of them seems to work.

Maybe because they were for older Eagle versions.

 

Is there an auto-place routine somewhere that works with V7? Ideally

where one can place critical parts like RF stuff and connectors, then

let the auto-placer drape the rest around.

 

Hi Joerg,

We've never run into a good auto-place algorithm either, that's why

we've taken the position to not dedicate developer resources to that.

The ULPs you see are what's available for autoplace.

hth,

Jorge Garcia

Jorge Garcia wrote:

On 11/26/2014 3:18 PM, Joerg wrote:

Hello,

 

Just bought a 7.1 license and taking it for a test drive. I found three

auto-place ULPs in the download section but none of them seems to work.

Maybe because they were for older Eagle versions.

 

Is there an auto-place routine somewhere that works with V7? Ideally

where one can place critical parts like RF stuff and connectors, then

let the auto-placer drape the rest around.

 

 

Hi Joerg,

 

We've never run into a good auto-place algorithm either, that's why

we've taken the position to not dedicate developer resources to that.

The ULPs you see are what's available for autoplace.

 

Thanks, Jorge. That's a bit disappointing. However, we shall never give

up so I'll just make a sugestion in the "suggest" forum. After all a

steady vote by some of us for a hierarchy final got us a hierarchy.

Which was the core reason for buying V7 for me because I could not even

properly do one upcoming project without it.

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Joerg wrote on Thu, 27 November 2014 01:41

Jorge Garcia wrote:

We've never run into a good auto-place algorithm either, that's

why

we've taken the position to not dedicate developer resources to

that.

The ULPs you see are what's available for autoplace.

 

Thanks, Jorge. That's a bit disappointing. However, we shall never

give

up

You misunderstood, there will not be an autoplacer because there is not

good solution to the problem.

I have written three ULPs for the task of placing, they are not autoplace

programs but they do move parts around due to their connectedness.

They are not in a state to be released but they do kind of work.

If you contact me I am willing to share them with you and explain how to

use them.

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Joerg wrote on Wed, 26 November 2014 15:18

Is there an auto-place routine somewhere that works

No.  That's the problem.  This is not a Eagle-specific issue.

Auto-placing in general is not a solved problem.  Some have tried to hack

away at it, but as you see, the results aren't impressive.

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