What's New in CADSTAR 12

Routing and Fan-out Improvements

Respect Fixed Escape Routing

This option has been added to the 'Manual/Autorouting' tab, the option will force the autorouter to route to escape routing even if this is not the optimal result. This will typically be used for BGA type components where escape routing has been generated as part of the Fan-out generation process.

 

Differential Pair Routing

Improvements have been made in the Fan-out generation for differential pairs so that spiral vias can now be used if these are defined in your design.

Fan-out Report

A Fan-out Report has been added which appears during the Fan-out generation process;