Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
>
> 
> "Dennis Waggoner" <wagelec@...> writes:
> > I use Eagle but I hand route all of my traces.
> 
> I don't hand route them *all* but what I do is run the autorouter once
> in a while to see how "clean" my layout is, and if there are any key
> traces that I should hand-route first because they'll otherwise go all
> over the place.  Sometimes I can get close enough to let the
> autorouter do the rest.
> 
> > I found that by varying the routing grid by as little as .1
> 
> Does eagle still use a gridded autorouter?  PCB switched to gridless a
> while back, otherwise it's difficult to pick the right grid with a
> mixture of metric and english pitch SMT parts.
>

See the new photo I just added in dwags projects. smt parts route
without a problem using the route command the soic part I am routing
here is aligned to a .025" grid with .012" traces

Dennis Waggoner