Ehlers, William (ES) wrote:
I have not reached the point of doing the PCB yet as I am still working the design. Is there no manual router? A single layer PCB, I wouldn't think, would not have the level of complexity that would require an auto route. I am new to KICAD and mean no disrespect just a question.
Yes it does have manual routing and as you say this is probably the preferable route for single sided PCBs. However, the autorouter is useful once you have an initial placement to give you an idea of which tracks are going to be the hard ones to route. It also gives you an idea of track desnity which can be important if you have a power circuit where fatter traces will be needed in places.
Ian
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Ian T-Bell
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