Many folks run a fanout.do script to do the fanouts. It specifies certain nets (i.e. power, gnd) and certain max lengths and runs a few passes, lengthening for each pass. Then it runs fanouts for signals with less constraints on it. An example: fanout 5 (direction out) (max_len 100) (pin_type power)\ (pin_share off) (via_share on) (share_len 100) fanout 5 (direction out) (max_len 200) (pin_type power)\ (pin_share off) (via_share on) (share_len 200) fanout 5 (direction in_out) (max_len 100) (pin_type power)\ (pin_share off) (via_share on) (share_len 100) fanout 5 (direction in_out) (max_len 200) (pin_type signal) (pin_type power)\ (pin_share off) (via_share on) (share_len 200) You get the idea... -- George Patrick Tektronix, Inc. Central Engineering, Engineering Design Services P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 * 503-627-5272 (voice) * 503-627-5587 (fax) http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com "Off-Grid and Proud of it!" -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gennadiy Kiryukhin Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 13:50 To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Very interesting router... Why does router create unreasonably long and strangely twisted fanouts for ground and power signals? Thanks, Gennadiy ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------