Eagle 5.5 Autoroute

Compare the DRC and Autorouter rules between the different instances of

5.4 and 5.5 . You are able to save the settings for both of these and

import them into v5.5 . Make sure you save the original v5.5 rules !

If v5.5 routes 100%, you may want to see what values differ between the

v5.4 and v5.5 rules.- ted

ted@markson.us

pch wrote:

I have an existing board design that auto-routes fine with v5.4, but only

routes to 96% with v5.5

Same board... no changes.

 

This has forced me to revert back to v5.4

 

The board is fairly large (7.5x3.5 inches) with 1 100pin QLFP chip and a few

other 14/16pin SMT chips.

I have been using Eagle for several years with much more complex designs

(BGA,etc.) but I can't seem to get this fairly simple board to auto-route

with 5.5

 

Are there any settings in 5.5 that are more 'sensitive' than in 5.4?

 

Thanks

Peter

 

 

On 04/22/09 18:22, pch wrote:

I have an existing board design that auto-routes fine with v5.4, but only

routes to 96% with v5.5

Same board... no changes.

 

This has forced me to revert back to v5.4

 

The board is fairly large (7.5x3.5 inches) with 1 100pin QLFP chip and a few

other 14/16pin SMT chips.

I have been using Eagle for several years with much more complex designs

(BGA,etc.) but I can't seem to get this fairly simple board to auto-route

with 5.5

 

Are there any settings in 5.5 that are more 'sensitive' than in 5.4?

Looks like a bug has crept into version 5.5 that causes this.

We're currently debugging it...

Klaus Schmidinger

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On 04/23/09 10:13, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:

On 04/22/09 18:22, pch wrote:

I have an existing board design that auto-routes fine with v5.4, but only

routes to 96% with v5.5

Same board... no changes.

 

This has forced me to revert back to v5.4

 

The board is fairly large (7.5x3.5 inches) with 1 100pin QLFP chip and a few

other 14/16pin SMT chips.

I have been using Eagle for several years with much more complex designs

(BGA,etc.) but I can't seem to get this fairly simple board to auto-route

with 5.5

 

Are there any settings in 5.5 that are more 'sensitive' than in 5.4?

 

Looks like a bug has crept into version 5.5 that causes this.

We're currently debugging it...

Fixed for version 5.5.1.

Klaus Schmidinger

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Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

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"Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de> wrote in message

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On 04/22/09 18:22, pch wrote:

I have an existing board design that auto-routes fine with v5.4, but only

routes to 96% with v5.5

Same board... no changes.

 

This has forced me to revert back to v5.4

 

The board is fairly large (7.5x3.5 inches) with 1 100pin QLFP chip and a

few

other 14/16pin SMT chips.

I have been using Eagle for several years with much more complex designs

(BGA,etc.) but I can't seem to get this fairly simple board to auto-route

with 5.5

 

Are there any settings in 5.5 that are more 'sensitive' than in 5.4?

 

Looks like a bug has crept into version 5.5 that causes this.

We're currently debugging it...

 

Klaus Schmidinger

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Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

_______________________________________________________________

Hi Klaus,

Would this issue have anything to do with getting this error:

"Invalid data in autorouter block of file:  Continue with default autorouter

settings?"

I am using EAGLE 5.4, generating CAM output from a customer's file (unknown

format).

Or is this due to the new 'Follow Me' mode for the ROUTE command?

Thanks,

Terri

"Terri Miller" <tmiller@sunstone.com> wrote in message

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Would this issue have anything to do with getting this error:

 

"Invalid data in autorouter block of file:  Continue with default

autorouter settings?"

 

I am using EAGLE 5.4, generating CAM output from a customer's file

(unknown format).

 

Nop, it's because your customer used Eagle 5.5 to save the file, and you are

using 5.4.

At least that the reason I get this message

On 04/24/09 23:24, Terri Miller wrote:

"Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de> wrote in message

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On 04/22/09 18:22, pch wrote:

I have an existing board design that auto-routes fine with v5.4, but only

routes to 96% with v5.5

Same board... no changes.

 

This has forced me to revert back to v5.4

 

The board is fairly large (7.5x3.5 inches) with 1 100pin QLFP chip and a

few

other 14/16pin SMT chips.

I have been using Eagle for several years with much more complex designs

(BGA,etc.) but I can't seem to get this fairly simple board to auto-route

with 5.5

 

Are there any settings in 5.5 that are more 'sensitive' than in 5.4?

Looks like a bug has crept into version 5.5 that causes this.

We're currently debugging it...

 

Klaus Schmidinger

 

Hi Klaus,

 

Would this issue have anything to do with getting this error:

 

"Invalid data in autorouter block of file:  Continue with default autorouter

settings?"

 

I am using EAGLE 5.4, generating CAM output from a customer's file (unknown

format).

 

Or is this due to the new 'Follow Me' mode for the ROUTE command?

Files edited with version 5.5 have a new section "Follow-me" in the

Autorouter setup, which version 5.4 can't handle. That's why this

message is given. If you only generate CAM data, you can safely

ignore this message.

Klaus Schmidinger

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Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

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Where can I find version 5.5.1?

On 04/23/09 4:51 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:

On 04/23/09 10:13, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:

On 04/22/09 18:22, pch wrote:

I have an existing board design that auto-routes fine with v5.4, but only

routes to 96% with v5.5

Same board... no changes.

 

This has forced me to revert back to v5.4

 

The board is fairly large (7.5x3.5 inches) with 1 100pin QLFP chip and a few

other 14/16pin SMT chips.

I have been using Eagle for several years with much more complex designs

(BGA,etc.) but I can't seem to get this fairly simple board to auto-route

with 5.5

 

Are there any settings in 5.5 that are more 'sensitive' than in 5.4?

Looks like a bug has crept into version 5.5 that causes this.

We're currently debugging it...

 

Fixed for version 5.5.1.

 

Klaus Schmidinger

On 04/27/09 06:59, George Blat wrote:

Where can I find version 5.5.1?

This will be our next beta version, which will become available shortly.

It will be announced in eagle.betatest.

Klaus Schmidinger

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Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

_______________________________________________________________

Klaus

I have downloaded and tested v5.5.1

I have tried 2 boards that autoroute 100% in v5.4

Both boards did not autoroute ok.

One autorouted to 97.3%, the other slighly better.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Peter

"Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de> wrote in message

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On 04/23/09 10:13, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:

On 04/22/09 18:22, pch wrote:

I have an existing board design that auto-routes fine with v5.4, but

only

routes to 96% with v5.5

Same board... no changes.

 

This has forced me to revert back to v5.4

 

The board is fairly large (7.5x3.5 inches) with 1 100pin QLFP chip and a

few

other 14/16pin SMT chips.

I have been using Eagle for several years with much more complex designs

(BGA,etc.) but I can't seem to get this fairly simple board to

auto-route

with 5.5

 

Are there any settings in 5.5 that are more 'sensitive' than in 5.4?

 

Looks like a bug has crept into version 5.5 that causes this.

We're currently debugging it...

 

Fixed for version 5.5.1.

 

Klaus Schmidinger

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_______________________________________________________________

 

Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

_______________________________________________________________

On 04/30/09 16:15, pch wrote:

Klaus

 

I have downloaded and tested v5.5.1

I have tried 2 boards that autoroute 100% in v5.4

 

Both boards did not autoroute ok.

 

One autorouted to 97.3%, the other slighly better.

 

Any ideas?

Can you send me one of these boards for testing?

Klaus Schmidinger

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_______________________________________________________________

Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

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