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Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 18:55:15 -0500
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] GTK3, Glade interface designer (router, auto?)
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On 10/04/2015 05:24 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-10-04 at 13:16 -0800, Britton Kerin (
> britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [viageda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
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  now some serious efforts
>> >are being considered to make a much more accessible file format (via sql and
>> >YAML) so it could be provided as a stand-alone tool that would be useful to
>> >pcb users.
>> >
> If the router could route all traces, we could simply import the traces.
> That is what I did for the example picture. Better is a very basic GUI
> tool, where we can move elements and grab rubberbands and move them.

One way to do a workflow for an autorouter would be to export an outline
of the area to route up to, including some metal layer pieces with netnames
to connect to, and all components in that same area.  Then use the autorouter
to route those, and its own minimal WYSIWYG GUI editor
to push, shove, place partial routed stuff and restart, etc.  Then import all the
pieces you like relative to something.  Relative to the centerline endpoint of
a trace you copied from the pcb layout would be an easy way.  Then when you
have the new stuff placed, do optimize rats and see if it is good.

Oh, for that scenario to work well, the selected footprints to route between
would be cut, then exported, then imported again, or there would be two of each
footprint.