Zik Saleeba wrote:
> I've become frustrated with EAGLE's auto-router. It's really only
> usable on the simplest designs - and in those cases hand routing is
> easy anyway.

Welcome to the club. :)

> I'm thinking of changing to Kicad. Does anyone have experience with
> Kicad's auto-router? How well does it work? Do I have to move to a
> more expensive PCB program to get decent auto-routing?

It seems that if you want quality, hand routing is the only way to go. I 
find myself hand-routing even in situations where I need something 
quick-and-dirty (yes, I'm picky).

Last time I checked, ELECTRA does a much better (and quicker) job than 
Eagle's built-in autorouter, but it wasn't good enough to justify the price.

http://www.konekt.com/support.htm

Here's a link to the 14-day trial:

http://www.konekt.com/dld/product/setup.exe

Vitaliy 

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