Stephen, it seem to me you run in the same Problem as we first did, running the autorouter on our round boards. We did a workaround by replacing the circle in keepout by a spline (means: small straight tracks) near the board outline, which we normaly draw in Mech1 layer. It use to work for us. I seem to be the old problem of calculate a circle in a CAD. I gues that is why the router locks up by starting, He is unable to find the border of his working area. ?-| Hope this help a little.
Regards, Waldemar > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 1:38 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > 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 << -- SNIPPajew -- >> > 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, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
