Quilter

Using Quilter 

Engineers typically submit their first design in Quilter within minutes, making it quick and easy to learn.

Is it hard to learn to use Quilter?

Quilter generates PCB layouts within hours, from minutes for simple designs to overnight for complex ones.

How long does it take for Quilter to complete a layout?

Get started with Quilter and understand how the layout process works.

First Steps

Quilter focuses exclusively on PCB layout automation and does not generate or validate schematics.

Can Quilter generate or validate schematics?

Quilter uses your existing footprints and libraries, ensuring design consistency without managing component libraries itself.

Can Quilter manage component libraries and footprints?

Quilter respects manually implemented reference layouts but doesn’t directly import reference designs from datasheets.

Can Quilter implement reference designs from datasheets?

Quilter validates layouts using built-in Physics Rule Checks (PRCs), with increasingly advanced simulations planned.

Does Quilter run simulations to validate its designs?

Quilter comfortably supports layouts from 2 to more than 10 layers, with no strict upper limit.

How many layers can Quilter support?

Quilter automatically separates analog, digital, or sensitive circuits using schematic-defined rooms or manual placement guidance.

Can Quilter automatically separate analog/digital or noisy/sensitive components?

Quilter does not currently optimize silkscreen placement.

How does Quilter handle reference designators?

Learn the scope of Quilter’s current capabilities, including supported inputs and design scenarios.

What Quilter Can Do

Quilter identifies all key physics constraints via the Circuit Comprehension interface.

Which physics constraints does Quilter support?

Quilter automatically extracts key physics constraints from your schematic, minimizing manual input.

Do I have to enter physics constraints manually?

Quilter automatically extracts design rules from your schematic and validated manufacturing constraints, minimizing manual configuration.

How do I specify design rules?

Define and manage rules that guide Quilter’s layout generation.

Design Rules & Constraints

Quilter ranks PCB layout candidates based on completeness, manufacturability, and physics constraints, helping you select the optimal design

How does Quilter recommend candidates?

You can easily modify Quilter-generated designs manually or re-submit them for automated revisions.

How can I make changes to Quilter-generated layouts?

Tools and workflows for reviewing and modifying Quilter-generated layouts.

Editing & Improving Designs

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