Re: gEDA-user: Toporouter update?

["David C. Kerber" <dkerber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anthony Blake
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:14 PM
> To: windell@xxxxxxxxx; gEDA user mailing list
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Toporouter update?
> 
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Windell H. Oskay 
> <windell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> btw, those toporouter guys are rather misleading with their results..
> they show off pictures of boards which have been fixed up afterwards..
> e.g., "20 mins of toporouter time, and 40 mins of hand 
> editing" for one of their boards.

If that 20 minutes of toporouter time saves many hours of hand routing, then you're still way ahead.


> 
> And while I'm on the subject of comparing autorouters.. I was 
> looking at a Mentor license agreement the other day.. and I 
> was shocked to see that they prohibit you from using it to 
> compare results with other tools.. wtf..

Most database software companies have much the same restrictions.

D


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