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4 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2025 JUNE 2025 • FEATURE CONTENTS Do you prefer manual routing or autorouting? Maybe you're one of the designers who performs manual routing with an autorouter. Most designers favor manual routing, but today's interactive autorouters may be changing designers' minds by allowing users more direct control. In this issue, our expert contributors discuss a variety of manual and autorouting strategies. All About That Route FEATURE COLUMNS Planning Your Best Route by Andy Shaughnessy PCB Routing: The Art—and Science—of Connection by John Watson The Metamorphosis of the PCB Router by Barry Olney Are Autorouters Friend or Foe? by Kelly Dack 8 18 36 44 10 22 28 FEATURE INTERVIEWS Zuken Autorouters Embrace Collaborative AI with Andy Buja Cadence AI Autorouter May Transform the Field with Patrick Davis FEATURED ARTICLE Why I Finally Embraced Autorouting by Stephen V. Chavez 18 36 44 28