The specctra router "Allegro Router" is a conflict reduction router. I actually love the way it works, compare to other routers in the market, the conflict reduction feature is the best feature of it. Let say you have a board fully routed, then you are asked to move a large pin count IC, you could just move it to the new locations, have many DRC as a result of the moved component; put the board back on the router, and it will clean up the DRC's for you, see if you can find alternate router that can do that for you. Regards, Patrick Jabbaz Sr. Board Design Eng. Xilinx 2100 Logic Drive Building1, Floor2 San Jose, CA, 95124 W: (408) 879-4709 M: (408) 621-6533 -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene Carman Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:04 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Why would auto router create L-L DRCs? This is pretty fundamental... as a designer you wouldn't cross two different nets with a short and expect to "get away with it." Why is the autorouter making this choice. The constraint is set, yet the autorouter is violating it. Very odd. CONSTRAINT: Line to Line Spacing CONSTRAINT SET: DEFAULT CONSTRAINT TYPE: NET SPACING CONSTRAINTS Constraint value: 4 MIL Actual value: 0 MIL BTW I am selectively autorouting nets by selection. But the whole issue to me is that the autorouter is making shorts, and that just does not make sense. ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 please login at //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 please login at //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------