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Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Orcad Layout is driving me INSAIN!!
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Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 22:26:31 GMT
OrCAD acquired the program from Massteck to replace their previous
offering, which was even worse. (I got my copy of OrCAD PCB by
converting my Massteck license.) As autorouters go, it's pretty good
(for dome things.) For manual routing, it sux. And I'm sure Cadence
is very proud that they've kept every bug intact, without adding any
useful features.
Try this:
Disable routing on everything except power and ground. Restrict power
and ground to the layers you're using. Make golly-darn sure that
plane layers are set up correctly. (Sounds like you're mixing signals
and power on the same layer; to Massteck, this is NOT a plane.)
Then let it auto-route those two nets.
I do pretty much the same thing, but I cheat: I pop it into Pads to
do the power and ground.
You'll have some clean-up to do, but at least it should stop b!tching.
SH7
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 19:43:57 -0800, "Jeroen" wrote:
>
>"Matthew Kendall" wrote in message
>news:8Caz9.687371$v53.28611634@news3.calgary.shaw.ca...
>> "Jeroen" wrote ...
>> > I'm working on a 4 layer PCI board and I'm trying to complete
>> > the power and grounds nets, but whatever I do, the b*itch keeps
>> > on saying there are uncompleted partials. I'm also using copper
>> > pours. I've been spending 5 hours now, really close to a deadline.
>> > It's all connected but still ratsnets display.
>>
>> With a routing tool selected, hit 'N' to select the next unrouted track
>> (i.e. one of the invisible partials) then hit 'F' to finish it. Repeat
>until
>> there are no more.
>
>I know that trick, but doesn't work all the times. I've been working with
>Layout since 1997, but at times it's a real pain, especially with the
>ratsnets.
>
>I think that most problems with manual routing is because Layout was
>originally an autorouting program, and it's not designed with manual routing
>in mind. e.gt hey patched it up to have manualrouting. Probably the basic
>structure is not suitable for manual routing.
>
>Jeroen
>