Routing Angle

natebizu's suggestion of rotating the design doesn't work, the database isn't accurate enough to avoid roundoff errors that intorduce hundreds of DRC errors ( 0.010" becomes 0.009999" )
I used axlAddSimpleMoveDynamics() to create a 10 degree cursor to guide the user

hi guys,

ive been trying to route signals with
a. Routing Angle Off
b. Specified grid so that every grid will at least create a 10 degree angle (x=5, y=28)
c. Cursor in infinite mode with 10 degree angle for user guide
*** any idea how to show 10 degree and 80 degree pcb cursor angle at the same time?


result
1. routing a bus is slow
2. accuracy of net spacing is low

*** ive seen some demo images from intels demo board and they really routed their bus group nicely(with at least high accuracy on net spacing and with jitters on it)

The angle is not so much the issue as it's easy to calculate a given angle and use "ix" to start the angle and 15.7 will maintain the direction with the right option settings. The problem is all the anomalies within the software for a tight bus path that requires a large number of diff pairs to be routed from point a to point b using the zig-zag routing shown in the above post. Dodging vias or mechanical features, finishing when copying a group of segments and connecting the beginning/end all results in unpredictable anomalies that will drive you nuts. In 15.7 they added the option to "Hug Only" in diff pair mode and while this works it has a ton of issues when you set your line lock to "off". Routing using a grid or guides may work fine if you have plenty of space, but it's not practical in high density complex designs that require dense spacing.. not too mention length matching with serpentine on odd angles.. I did log an enhancment request and found 4 other request that have also been logged, it's my hope that 16.0 will include inhancements that will address this issues.

Regarding aries question on 3/21 on the 10 & 80 degree cursor:

funckey CF12 'skill (mypath=axlPathStart(list(985:174 -985:-174 -985:174 985:-174 985:174))) axlAddSimpleMoveDynamics(0:0 mypath "path" ?ref_point 0:0) (mypath=axlPathStart(list(174:985 -174:-985 174:-985 -174:985 174:985))) axlAddSimpleMoveDynamics(0:0 mypath "path" ?ref_point 0:0)'
funckey CSF12 'skill (mypath=axlPathStart(list(573:820 -573:-820 -820:-573 820:573 573:820))) axlAddSimpleMoveDynamics(0:0 mypath "path" ?ref_point 0:0) (mypath=axlPathStart(list(-573:820 573:-820 820:-573 -820:573 -573:820))) axlAddSimpleMoveDynamics(0:0 mypath "path" ?ref_point 0:0)'