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[Rob Frohne <rob.frohne@...>]

Hi Dick,

If I can figure out the new features, I have an interest in doing a 
tutorial. It won't likely get done until I get a bit more practice at 
things. I am still back on the learning curve, but I would like to try 
and get my spring quarter electronics students to use Kicad for small 
boards, and a tutorial would be helpful for them.

Thanks for the encouragement. And any tips you can give on setting rules 
up for freerouter would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I just did a 4 layer board in about a week with Kicad and Freerouter.
> What a joy this was in comparison to doing the same thing a year ago.
>
> The netlist support was a dream. I was able to classify nets, setup
> widths and spacing on each netclass (a total of 3), and then export to
> Freerouter. In Freerouter I have gotten in the habit of manually
> routing using the push and shove.
>
> What was really slick was the ability to immediately round trip without
> any additional setup. You got something you want to do back in PCBNEW,
> such as tweak a zone, simply back import, make the change, re-export
> back over to freerouter. No setup, just a very few button clicks.
>
> Undo/redo was also used and appreciated.
>
> Our efforts are paying off. Thanks Jean-Pierre, Wayne, and others for
> all your contributions.
>
> The user base is in for a treat whenever they get a hold of these latest
> features. The documentation is probably lagging, but this stuff is
> almost so easy it can simply be figured out, and is better than nothing.
>
> Dick

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E.F. Cross School of Engineering
Walla Walla University
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