Serious question. In what professional (or not) setting would one
seriously use an autorouter for designing PCBs?

No sarcasm intended. I have tried a few but have always found that it's
best done manually. But it seems that CAD tool companies spend a
significant amount of time developing their autorouters.

Is there any serious use for them?
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