Hi John, I don't use Eagle, but in general the advice is to raise the cost of top layer, and raise the cost of vias. Sometimes it ends up being a tossup between running the autorouter over and over while adjusting it, and routing by hand. Cheers, Bob On 29 May 2005 at 9:08, jrem wrote: > I am looking for Eagle Light clues for the best way to layout a single > sided board with the minimum number of top side routings and vias. Are > there any hints as to board layout which can help me accomplish this? > I typically lay out the board then move stuff around, ripup, ratsnest, > and auto to try to minimize the top laer routings, but I never can seem > to get it optimized. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist