Interactivity; Autorouting Buses - National Instruments Graphical User Interface Ultiboard User Manual

Autorouting buses

Note To autoroute buses, the topology for the nets, as set in the Net edit dialog box, must
be set to either Daisy chain or Star and the nets must be part of a Bus Group (in the
Groups tab of the Net edit dialog box). Refer to the
Chapter 5,
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To perform a full autoroute, choose Autoroute»Start/Resume
Autorouter.
Ultiboard begins routing your board and displays its progress in the status
line. When the process is complete the results are displayed in the Results
tab of the Spreadsheet View.

Interactivity

Ultiboard provides complete interactivity, letting you stop the routing
process as desired to manually place items and then continue autorouting
when ready.
To stop autorouting, select Autoroute»Stop/Pause Autorouter.
To restart, select Autoroute»Start Autoplacement.
The circuit shown below is used in this example. Bus 1 consists of the five
nets that connect the two ICs.
Working with Traces and
Chapter 7
Setting Group Parameters
Copper, for more information.
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