There have been several
changes made to the use of Fan-outs, which includes;
Footprinting
has been renamed to Fan-out.
New
options for fixed Fan-outs have also been implemented during auto-routing.
Using this
option, it is possible to tell the autorouter to prefer the use of fixed
Fan-outs. It
is also possible to specify a length that is used to identify these fan-outs.
A
new option 'Minumum spacing' has been added to the Fan-out tab of the
Routing Options dialog. This
will automatically calculate the Fan-out length required in order to Fan-out
a component. This
is particularly useful for FPGA/BGA type devices. The
Fan-out outwards tool has also been enhanced so that it can Fan-out devices
rotated at any angle.
The
manual Fan-out tools have been updated so that it is now possible to add
Spiral Vias during the fan-out process. A
new setting Prefer Spiral Vias has been added to the Fan-out tab of the
Routing Setup dialog that enables this.
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