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Reduce trace routing between vias

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Using Ultiboard and I'm curious if there is a setting, when using autoroute, to reduce a trace path from going between vias in a DIP? Or is manually redrawing the copper trace the best method? See attached file.....

 

tks, Terry 

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TCjr,

 

Is there a reason you don't want the traces to go under the DIP?  

 

a) If you need to create a specialized routing path for certain signals (such as not under a DIP), I would advise that you route these traces manually first after part placement.  

 

b) You could also put a narrow rectangular keepout area (and the autorouter should respect the keepout you gave) [from the Ultiboard menu, Place -> Keep-in/Kee-out Area].  The keep out area by default prevents any traces to be routed through a particular area.  If you don't want to keep everything out, you would first specify a net group and then adjust the properties of the area to make the keep out apply to only the net group.

 

So it is possible, but for only a few traces, this might be overkill for what you are doing.

 

Regards,

Pat Noonan

National Instruments

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