Protel x Ares Lite

[Fernando]

I use Protel and also Ares Lite in my projects of PCB, however I am using
more you Ares Lite because Protel uses VIAS excessively and Ares Lite uses
the own pins of the components to do that, most of the time.
I would like to have a Program to go as good as Protel and as intelligent as
Ares Lite. Does anybody know something like that?
TIA
Fernando

 

[Anton Erasmus]

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:18:26 -0300, "Fernando" <fjpc60@hotmail.com>
wrote:

I use Protel and also Ares Lite in my projects of PCB, however I am using
more you Ares Lite because Protel uses VIAS excessively and Ares Lite uses
the own pins of the components to do that, most of the time.
I would like to have a Program to go as good as Protel and as intelligent as
Ares Lite. Does anybody know something like that?

It looks like Pulsonix has a setting to enforce the use of component
pins in stead of vias when routing.

Regards
Anton Erasmus

 

[Leon]

The Pulsonix autorouter did this anyway on a design of mine, with the
default settings.

You can get the Pulsonix demo here:

http://www.pulsonix.com

Leon

 

[Brad Velander]

Anton,
Appropriately setting your rules in Protel should limit the
use of vias. i.e. limiting the vias on nets. If you don't set the
rule then the autorouter is free to use as many as it wants. The
via restriction rule can be found on the "High Speed" tab of the
DRC.
Now that said, I don't use the autorouter so I don't
guarantee it's suitability for anything, although others I
converse with will swear it does a pretty good job if you set it
up correctly. I haven't seen it.
--
Sincerely,
Brad Velander

"Anton Erasmus" <nobody@spam.prevent.net> wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:18:26 -0300, "Fernando"
fjpc60@hotmail.com
wrote:

I use Protel and also Ares Lite in my projects of PCB, however
I am using
more you Ares Lite because Protel uses VIAS excessively and
Ares Lite uses
the own pins of the components to do that, most of the time.
I would like to have a Program to go as good as Protel and as
intelligent as
Ares Lite. Does anybody know something like that?

It looks like Pulsonix has a setting to enforce the use of
component
pins in stead of vias when routing.

Regards
Anton Erasmus