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I have written a plugin using the features published by Abacom. The plugin works on a design where all connections are already added (rubber bands, rats nest or air wires), and the tool rearranges the connections so that the shortest connections are made. Useful during placement of the components in...

The Reconnect tool is now available as plugin for the latest 2022 update of Sprint Layout 6.0. Download the instructions and the .exe file here: Instructions .pdf: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AmY2MjqU9Kg-hK4FYdlsRRpXrNHwUw?e=zu7cJb .exe file: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmY2MjqU9Kg-hK4GPP3bPCEFyQVH5w?e=cXZMlj Free ...

To Abacom support: My suggestion on the Plugin option is that the file structure should allow for additional information, that can be added by the plugin developer, and that is neglected but retained by Sprint Layout. This allows i.e. for keeping the initial connections (rats nest) stored in the des...

I have more or less written such plugin, but before Plugin support was added in Layout60. See https://forum.abacom-online.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5546#p18062 It is an external program that looks at all connections that are made (after placement, before routing) and replaces them with the shor...

This is the English version of the German language topic "Optimierung der Luftlinien" For larger Sprint-Layout 6.0 projects, it is good habit to first add the rubber band connections in the design, and then do the routing. When the components are moved around the PCB to find the best location, the c...

Version 1.4 verfügbar. Jetzt kann auch eine Vector zugefügt werden der die Hauptrichtung der Luflinien anzeigt, Hilfreich beim Plazieren der Bauteile.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmY2MjqU9Kg-g6M-6uy ... Q?e=4Docd8

Version 1.3 verfügbar. Frühere Versionen funktionierten nicht für durchkontaktierte Lötaugen...

Version 1.1 funktionierte nicht gut für grössere Netze, jetzt ist die verbesserte Version 1.2 verfügbar!

Fur etwas grössere Projecte ist es gut die Verbindungen des Schaltplans zuerst mittels Luftlinien im Entwurf ein zu fügen. Wenn die Bauteile plaziert werden werden die Luftlinien im Sprint-Layout 6.0 aber nicht neu Verbunden beim kürzesten Weg. Ich habe ein Windows Programm Reconnect.exe gemacht wom...

The simple tool comes with a help screen and can be downloaded here:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmY2MjqU9Kg-g6M-6uy ... Q?e=Uryqk2
Free to use!

Hello Abacom, In the meanwhile I wrote a Windows application that does the connection optimisation on the output file of "Text-IO Export elements", and the result can be loaded in Sprint Layout using "Text-IO Import elements". Are you interested to have this tool made available on your website? Can ...

Currently, I use Sprint Layout 6 for a compact design, using some 60 components. Connections are all made (rubberband), now component placement is the next step. Two features would be great for an update: a. Automatic reconnection (on the fly or invoking by a button) of the connection to come to the...