![]() ![]() Once I place all the components properly then make a few changes to the schematic, I usually find that it becomes very easy and a pleasure to route manually. ![]() However I have never met an autoplacer/autorouter which I respected, especially the autoplacer since it has no real idea about connectors and packaging etc. Although I miss the freedom of just running a track from this pad instead of that pad etc it is only a simple matter of making the change on the schematic and updating the pcb. ![]() How many times has that schematic helped me avoid mistakes on my pcb and I have a nice schematic at the same time. I growled and I grumbled but became used to it in no time and I haven't looked back. But I did some work for one company that required it done properly with named netlists using Protel99SE. I've used all the early versions of Protel and I used to just create the PCB as I went and I didn't always have a proper schematic. Glutton for punishment is all I can say to that when it is so simple to create a proper schematic in the first place, especially in Protel99SE. Protel netlist is an extremely simple text file. ![]()
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