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Constraints manager

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September 11, 2023

We’re excited to announce the launch of Constraints Manager, a brand new way for Quilter users to define and manage trace width or amperage constraints for individual net classes, nets, or pins in their design.

Defining constraints ensures Quilter’s AI router will use trace widths that are appropriate for the physical and electrical constraints of the design.

After uploading your board, you can choose to define constraints (in amps or mm/mils), import constraints from a prior design, or continue without defining constraints.

Constraints manager is available today for all designs (KiCAD, Altium, EAGLE).

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Validating the Design

With cleanup complete, the final question is whether the hardware works. Power-on is where most electrical mistakes reveal themselves, and it’s the moment engineers are both nervous and excited about.

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Cleaning Up the Design

Autonomous layout produces a complete, DRC'd design; cleanup is a brief precision pass to finalize it for fabrication.

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Compiling the Design

Once the design is prepared, the next step is handing it off to Quilter. In traditional workflows, this is where an engineer meets with a layout specialist to clarify intent. Quilter replaces that meeting with circuit comprehension: you upload the project, review how constraints are interpreted, and submit the job.

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Constraints manager

September 11, 2023
by
Sergiy Nesterenko
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We’re excited to announce the launch of Constraints Manager, a brand new way for Quilter users to define and manage trace width or amperage constraints for individual net classes, nets, or pins in their design.

Defining constraints ensures Quilter’s AI router will use trace widths that are appropriate for the physical and electrical constraints of the design.

After uploading your board, you can choose to define constraints (in amps or mm/mils), import constraints from a prior design, or continue without defining constraints.

Constraints manager is available today for all designs (KiCAD, Altium, EAGLE).