Re: [N8VEM-S100:4339] Re: FreeRouter No longer available. Long term plans for Board layouts

[Andrew Lynch <lyn...@yahoo.com>]

Hi

This is my nightmare come true.  Some of you will recall my concerns earlier about our almost complete dependence on FreeRouter and my calls for another autorouting solution.  It looks like the time for QAutorouter may have arrived at last.

As soon as I get back tonight I will remove the FreeRouting files on the wiki.  If the copyrights are in question we have to move away from FreeRouting.  Fortunately KiCAD is still usable without FreeRouting.

Thanks and have a nice day!

Andrew Lynch

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On Sun, 6/22/14, yoda <yo...@r2d2.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [N8VEM-S100:4339] Re: FreeRouter No longer available.  Long term plans for Board layouts
 To: n8vem...@googlegroups.com
 Cc: mon...@vitasoft.org
 Date: Sunday, June 22, 2014, 9:02 PM
 
 Ah - thanks for the
 clarification.
 Dave
 
 On Sunday, June 22, 2014 7:42:11 PM UTC-5, monahanz
 wrote:Perhaps we’re OK
 Dave.  It’s just that the “Zuken” (whoever he/it
 is) is accusing the author of copyright infringement
 etc.   It may be he will want Andrew to remove the
 link as well.  Time to download it/use it,  may be
 limited!!!John  From: n8ve...@googlegroups.com [mailto:n8ve...@ googlegroups.com] On Behalf
 Of yoda
 Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:18 PM
 To: n8ve...@googlegroups.com
 Subject: [N8VEM-S100:4336] Re: FreeRouter No longer
 available. Long term plans for Board layouts I don't understand what
 the problem is ?  The code is here http://n8vem-sbc.pbworks.
 com/w/browse/#view=ViewFolder& param=FreeRouting-net
 and works fine?   It is actually easier to run locally
 then from their web site.  Am I missing
 something? Dave
 
 On Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:41:53 PM UTC-5, monahanz
 wrote:It
 looks like the http://www.freerouting.net/ ;
 web site for FreeRouter is no longer
 available! This leaves us with a big
 problem making PC boards with KiCad.  (Fortunately I
 happen to have the PC version here for my own use), but it
 opens up a general question as to how we do PC boards (S100
 and others) in the future.   Personally I'm having a
 hard time getting things done with KiCad. The PCBNew program
 seems (to me) very "finicy" in making files for
 Freerouter. I'm wondering what other
 people think about a more "All-in-one" PC CAD
 program. I once used a program called DipTrace (they have a
 free version for up to 500 pins to try it out).  See
 here http://diptrace.com/. The
 thing that impressed me was the speed in which it converted
 the schematic into an actual board file and Gurber
 files.  There was only one program, one
 interface.  Personally I would spring for paying for
 the 1000 pin commercial version (or heigher) , I and perhaps
 others, could run batches for others. The main issue is that
 for any program we would have to build a library for
 the S100 connector, board dimensions and presumably a number
 of other things. I would be interested in
 hearing comments by others on a way to proceed.  
 Has anybody else used CAD programs they like.  Anybody
 got experience with DipTrace  John  -- 
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