Using Autorouter

On the PCB Design toolbar, click QuickRoute > Autorouter .

In the Autorouter Main Setup dialog, set preferred routing directions for the signal layers in use:

• – horizontal
• | vertical
• / diagonal at 45°
• \ diagonal at 135°
• * none
• auto automatic

Set parameters for Effort, routing grid, and whether to use TopRouter, the topological router.

To select a subset of airwires to route, click Select and then click the airwires in the design.

Click Continue to open the Routing Variants Dialog. The progress of several variant routing passes will be shown here after routing occurs, with percent values indicating the degree of completeness for each one.

Optionally click >> for more settings related to the use of busses, maximum number of ripup operations, number of optimization runs, and cost factors.

When configuration is complete, click Start to run Autorouter.