Howdy all,
I have a project that refuses to route correctly on local server or cloud.
The route process does not not fail, but it's not picking up all the tracks and pops up a message that says about 1/2 of the tracks have failed and leaves the rat tails for the failed tracks.
I've created many projects that work fine - older projects still route perfectly on the same setup, so I'm a bit stumped as to what to do next.
Any and all suggestions are most welcomed - if I can provide any more info to clarify further, please let me know.
Thanks in advance,
Doug.
Hi!
Autorouters are terrible, especially if you just press play and hope to Satan it'll do you any good.
Unroute all your traces. Check your component placement with the ratsnest, do a lot of them cross? Are the components that need to be close, actually close to the other parts, are they rotated so that they are easily connected?
Are you also letting it route the GND connections? If so, disable it in the autorouter settings in the skip nets tab.
Then add a GND copper area on both sides.
My only suggestion: Unroute everything the autorouter did, then route the tracks yourself. Learn how to do it properly. It's one the most important parts of your project, why half-ass that with an autorouter?
The EasyEDA documents even say that the autorouter is not good, and route the traces yourself.
https://docs.easyeda.com/en/PCB/Route/#Local-Auto-Router
Also, for some laughs, check out Dave's(from EEVBlog) video from 2010, which still stands today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JYG49zgEio
And if you're into learning how the autorouter compares to a person laying out a board, see this too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sffuvnGhano