{"id":555,"date":"2017-03-14T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/?p=555"},"modified":"2023-09-26T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T22:24:11","slug":"eagle-pro-webinar-top-gun-manual-routing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/eagle-pro-webinar-top-gun-manual-routing\/","title":{"rendered":"EAGLE Pro Webinar – Top Gun Manual Routing"},"content":{"rendered":"

EAGLE Pro Webinar – Top Gun Manual Routing<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

We\u2019re going to the danger zone of PCB design! There\u2019s nothing quite so beautiful as seeing a finished board layout routed with high-quality craftsmanship. If you\u2019re still relying on an autorouter to get the job done, then it\u2019s time to join the ranks of the pros in Autodesk EAGLE and get to work on your manual routing skills. The more complex your designs get, the less autorouting will be able to save you. And when you get into a dogfight with the tight spaces on your board layout, you\u2019ll need to take full control and do some top gun manual routing. We\u2019ll show you how in a free webinar.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s More Than Connecting the Dots<\/h2>\n

The first time I routed a PCB layout, I didn\u2019t take it seriously. After all, what could be so hard about connecting the pins together on all of my components?<\/span><\/p>\n

They always say that your PCB layout is 90% component placement and 10% routing, and I considered that to be the amount of attention you give to each. But boy, was I wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n

So my first run at it was a mess. Sometimes I wish the software just hid the autorouter button from you until you were ready for it. Because when I first learned about it, I had some pretty unreasonable expectations. I had a beautiful PCB layout pictured in my head, and figured that the autorouter would take care of the job for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it didn\u2019t. Traces were all over the place, and it looked nothing like I had envisioned. This moment made me realize – if I\u2019m ever going to do this right, and do it well, then I would need to learn to route manually.<\/span><\/p>\n

The progress came slowly at first as I learned the rules of the road. And the denser my boards got over time, the more I dove into the rabbit hole that is electromagnetic interference (EMI). When you get that deep, you\u2019ve entered another realm of routing that requires an entirely new repository of knowledge to keep up. Regardless of what kind of layout you’re working on, there\u2019s always a ton of questions to consider, like:<\/span><\/p>\n