Hi all! Does KiCad have a feature like “custom smooth”() in “Allegro” or “glossing” in “Altium” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP4xQPQlqzU)?
Thank U!
That is a quite convoluted example. KiCad does not have a direct equivalent for it, and it also does not need one. KiCad’s Interactive Router just pushes things aside, and you can also drag one track to the side which then also shoves multiple other tracks aside. There is also not much use in such a feature. Even in the video they admit it is mostly a visual thing. And also, the result from 00:05 to 00:10 is detrimental to the PCB design, and it does not “keep the integrity of the tracks” as the voice over claims. Long parallel tracks are a bad thing because they increase unwanted coupling between unrelated signals and increase crosstalk.
One related thing that I would like to see improved is the handling of differential pairs. KiCad does have a dedicated function for routing differential pairs but it is quite primitive. For example when a track bumps into a differential pair during routing, the tracks of the differential pairs do get shoved aside, but as individual tracks and not as a pair. Hmm… If I’m in the mood I’ll look if there is already an issue for this on gitlab…
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