I think someone stated awhile back that there are issues like this if your keepout has arcs in it, I think what you define as a board outline on another mech layer can have arcs but the actual keepout which really defines your keepin or actual usable board area cannot have arcs?? I really think Protel should have a true board outline and provide keepouts only for keepouts. Again not sure but I think someone stated that I have not tested it as I have had no need for arcs in the keepout yet.
Bob Wolfe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:37 AM Subject: [PEDA] Auto Router Oddity > We tried to auto-route a circular board (designed for inside a pipe-well). > The auto-router would freeze at the message about starting up the shape > based etc... We tried the board on P98 and P99SE and both froze at the same > point. I searched for references to this on this news group and although I > found a fair number of messages on the router, I didn't find one on it > freezing at startup (maybe my search was too quick). > > There were only 30 passives on it and manual routing was considered, but I > thought we'd learn't how to get around most of the router problems and we > were getting quite used to it. I removed the circular keep-out and replaced > it with a square and it routed in about two seconds. I replaced the circle > and it froze again. I then placed a rectangular box around the outside of > the circle and it routed quickly again. I placed a small rectangular keep > out box outside the circle and it routed. > > It's as if the router looks for a corner to start in or something. I hope > this helps someone else in the future. Does this occur on DXP? > > Regards, > > Saddle (In the land of Oz) > "Love is grand, divorce is many grand" > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
