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[Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>]

A few things I remember when using nighties.

* disable design rule checking button is ignored in GAL. I use it when I
swap 2 pins in the schematic, I turn off drc, make the track change, then
rebuild connectivity. Otherwise I end up deleting the whole track and
starting over.
* On legacy pressing E over a segment changes the segment width to the
current track width. Same for vias. I acknowledge the new window that pops
up can change the width, but maybe someone could complain (not me, just
pointing that out). I don't see the use of changing the segment coordinates
in that window yet.
* Sometimes it pisses me off that I explicitly change the trace direction
with / but when it reaches the pad the direction is changed. I back off
from the pad, change the direction (/) again and when I get again into the
pad the track direction is changed again. I guess the algorithm tries to
avoid an extra segment -which makes sense- but sometimes I just need my
track to be farther away from a noise source and I don't care about one
less track angle.

See 2 quick videos showing the difference between routing behavior. The
only thing I did between videos is to press F9

https://youtu.be/puhrZMf7bWg

https://youtu.be/vqwiCvMWAaI



Marcos

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio <lomarcan@xxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:31:09PM +1200, hauptmech wrote:
> >
> > I'm with Heikki. I've been using the GAL canvas for a complex project. I
> > don't really have time to learn the nuances of the interactive router; I
> > found that highlight collisions kept it from doing stuff I did not want
> in
> > tight layouts and I fall back to legacy for things like tweaking track
> nodes
> > and when I get tired of dropped mouse clicks.
>
> Strange, when it's set up correctly it can work like the old one. Another
> thing (but I think that was already fixed) is the 'don't check clearance'
> button, I needed it a while ago and didn't work under GAL.
>
>
> --
> Lorenzo Marcantonio
>
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