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Experiences of the Electra autorouter...

Hi,

Has anyone here any experiences to share about the Electra shape-based autorouter (

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It seems very reasonably priced and is apparently written by some of the Spectra team...

No comments about how cr*p all autorouters are etc. and how everything should be done manually please ;-)

Thanks

Mike

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Mike Deblis
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Yes, it is written by someone who worked on Specctra.

I've got it (supplied with the PCB software I use), and I'm impressed. It's very fast, generally routes to completion or pretty close to it, and the results look quite neat.

Leon

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Leon Heller

Hi Mike,

Use Google to search groups. I remember one poster in a Cadsoft Eagle group suggesting to include the Electra with Eagle.

Ok, ok. I don't like autorouters, mainly because they tend to mess up EMI and analog stuff. But if all critical paths are hand-routed and the autorouter is then let out of the gate it can do a neat job. I have only seen Specctra. That one was pretty good.

Regards, Joerg

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Joerg

In article , Mike Deblis writes

If you want to have a look at it for free visit the Vutrax site

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and download the Windows evaluation issue of Vutrax. Then follow the Electra links or go straight to
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for the instructions and download of the interface module and the router itself. With these you get a fully functional version of Electra for 30 days (but limited to 256 pins by the indefinite Vutrax free issue unless you are already a licensed Vutrax user).

OK we are biased .. we think Electra is really rather good. At a tiny fraction of the price of the Specctra router it is an excellent buy if you have complex layouts to do. Some professionals use autorouters for helping to determine a good component layout even if they route the whole thing manually for the final product.

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