westie@blake.acs.washington.edu (Eric Swansen) (09/28/89)
I'm trying to get a hold of an "autorouter" akin to what is used in designing
simple PCB's or IC's. I'm not a EE or anything near such a magnitude, but
I am a grdaute student who is using sociometric diagramming of public
organizations in a thesis. Suffice to say that in essense, I want to have
something that would allow me to place multiple lines between multiple boxes
on an organizational chart. It is my understanding that an "autorouter" does
the same thing...any suggestions ?
Of ocurse, I'm a poor student, thus a public domain or donated work would
be prefered !
Thanks in advance for your consideration,
Eric C. Swansen
University of Washington
Graduate School of Public Affairs (Administration)
DC-13
westie@blake.acs.washington.edu
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:zzdavidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (09/28/89)
I think I saw such a beast on either SIMTEL20 or grape. You should be able to ftp them from there. I don't believe I grabbed a copy. Odd thought: someday I'm going to make a keyword index of all the stuff I have on all machines... -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
mcmiller@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Michael C Miller) (09/29/89)
try Simtel pd1:<msdos.cad>pcb.arc -- < sans => mcmiller@uokmax.UUCP or mcmiller@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu > < '..this one goes up to eleven. Its ONE louder.' >
sar@sys.uea.ac.uk (S.A. Rush SYS PG) (09/29/89)
I am also looking for details of autorouter software for a friend (I
was just about to post a request when I saw this article).
Could anybody please supply details of HOW to perform autorouting,
source code/references/pointers to places to look etc would all be
appreciated (executable programs are not much use unless source is
included).
For anybody that missed the original article, autorouting software
is used in PCB design etc to draw lots of connections between objects
without having the lines cross.
Any pointers gratefully received by post or mail (I read both).
Thanks
Steve R
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Tel: (0603) 56161 ext 2382 Norwich NR4 7TJ, England.fredf@microsoft.UUCP (Fred Freeland) (10/04/89)
In article <730@sys.uea.ac.uk> sar@uea-sys.UUCP (S.A. Rush SYS PG) writes: > > I am also looking for details of autorouter software for a friend (I >was just about to post a request when I saw this article). > > Could anybody please supply details of HOW to perform autorouting, >source code/references/pointers to places to look etc would all be >appreciated (executable programs are not much use unless source is >included). > A recent Dr Dobb's Journal (it may even be the Oct 89 issue) has a very fine article on the subject with source code. I'm sure you will find it very useful, I have. The software works great too. Hope this helps. P.S. As I recall, the source was posted several months ago to C.B.I.P so should be archived somewhere. -- Frederick F. Freeland Jr. "Of all the things I've lost, Microsoft Corporation I miss my mind the most!" One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 (206) 882-8080 internet: fredf@,microsoft.beaver.washington.EDU arpanet: fredf%microsoft@uw-beaver.ARPA uucp: {decvax,decwrl,intelca,sco,sun,trsvax,uunet,uw-beaver}!microsoft!fredf Opinions expressed over this signature are my OWN and not those of my employer!
marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) (10/06/89)
In article <7947@microsoft.UUCP> fredf@microsoft.UUCP (Fred Freeland) writes: >A recent Dr Dobb's Journal (it may even be the Oct 89 issue) has a very fine >article on the subject with source code. I'm sure you will find it very useful, >I have. The software works great too. There was a recent article in DDJ. #155, Sept 89, "Autorouting with the A* Algorithm", by a person at Micosoft, Randy Nevin. Hmm, don't you work there too Fred? > >Hope this helps. > >P.S. As I recall, the source was posted several months ago to C.B.I.P so should be archived somewhere. His router 'pcbcad' was posted to the net prior to the article being printed, check c.b.i.p postings 61 thru 64 in volume 2. They are available from my archive server. The posting including the .C source code, i have newer version is available, i would have to check with him before placing it on the server. > >-- >Frederick F. Freeland Jr. "Of all the things I've lost, Microsoft Corporation I miss my mind the most!" One Microsoft Way >Redmond, WA 98052 (206) 882-8080 internet: fredf@,microsoft.beaver.washington.EDU arpanet: fredf%microsoft@uw-beaver.ARPA >uucp: {decvax,decwrl,intelca,sco,sun,trsvax,uunet,uw-beaver}!microsoft!fredf Opinions expressed over this signature are my OWN and not those of my employer! -- Mark Seiffert, Metairie, LA. uucp: rex!mgse!marks bitnet: marks%mgse@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU internet: marks%mgse@rex.cs.tulane.edu echo "help" | archive@mgse for info in the archive server
marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) (10/09/89)
In article <1004@mgse.UUCP> marks@.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes: >In article <7947@microsoft.UUCP> fredf@microsoft.UUCP (Fred Freeland) writes: >> >>P.S. As I recall, the source was posted several months ago to C.B.I.P so should be archived somewhere. > >His router 'pcbcad' was posted to the net prior to the article being printed, >check c.b.i.p postings 61 thru 64 in volume 2. They are available from my >archive server. The posting including the .C source code, i have newer >version is available, i would have to check with him before placing it on >the server. > I just received a message from randy saying it was ok to redistribute the version he sent me, as well as to place it on the archive server. To get a newer version of PCB cad than was posted to net send the following message to the archive server at archive@mgse. You will get back a help file and the pcb.arc file as a number of uuencoded files back. Remove the junk from the top and bottom of the files, combine them to gether in order and then run the one file thru uudecode. Here is the message; - cut here -------------------------------------------------- help set uuencode send other/dos/hardware/pcb.arc - cut here -------------------------------------------------- Pcb.arc is 285K long (more than twice as long as the posted version), I think it will come out to be 6 or 7 60K uuencode files. -- Mark Seiffert, Metairie, LA. uucp: rex!mgse!marks bitnet: marks%mgse@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU internet: marks%mgse@rex.cs.tulane.edu