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DO NOT RELY ON AUTOROUTER

DO NOT RELY ON AUTOROUTER

Autorouters, as good as they can be, are never a replacement for routing yourself, and should only be used for a few reasons, including:

  • Precision. You can use the autorouter after you place all of your components to see what completion rating you get. If it’s below 85%, then this is an indication that you need to make some adjustments to your part placement.

  • Bottlenecks. You can also use the autorouter to discover bottlenecks and other critical connection points that you might not have seen during your component placement process.

  • Inspiration. Lastly, you can use the autorouter as a source of inspiration for how you might want to route some traces that you just can’t complete. A quick run through the autorouter might show you a new path that you hadn’t considered before.