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[Clemens Koller <cko@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

On 29/08/2018 20.43, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> Does this mean we should be expressly dis-allowing single-track routing on a differential pair?

My experience tells me, that in complex designs, some differential routers reach their limits quite often and get stuck. So, manual single-track routing is mandatory, followed by some cleaning up.
(Or: Don't restrict users if they believe to know what they are doing.)

> The current behavior is that differential pair routing is only allowed on the net pairs named as Simon mentioned but we do not automatically use differential pair routing in those cases.

I.e. Mentor PADS can switch from diff pair routing to single track routing while routing. But you need to re-start routing if you want to continue diff pair routing... :-/

Regards,

Clemens