Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@k...> wrote:
> 
> Phil,
>      There are tons of circuits out there where the component and
> trace layout is not important. 

So, one should NOT discuss manual routing at all in a book on PCB
design?  That doesn't make sense to me.  Especially when the Eagle
autorouter will stall out pretty easily with out significant tweaking
of the parameters.   

My point wasn't that layout and routing are critical.  It was that in
a book that teaches PCB building, manual routing should have a
reasonably good treatment.  I certainly don't see the controversy in
that.  He does talk about tweaking layout to get the autorouter to
work, btw.  

...and in case people think I'm trashing the book, I did recommend it.

Phil