When designing a PCB, in order to improve efficiency, we need to learn how to automatically place and route our projects. In this tutorial, we will introduce the auto place and route in Altium Designer.
Auto Placing Components
1. Select the components to be placed automatically in the PCB, generally according to the circuit module.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 21 Select Components to be Placed Automatically](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Select-Components-to-be-Placed-Automatically.jpg)
2. Select Tools-Component Placement-Reposition Selected Components in the menu bar.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 22 Reposition Selected Components](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Reposition-Selected-Components.jpg)
3. Place the components according to the circuit requirements, and click the left button to complete.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 23 Automatically Place Components as Required](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Automatically-Place-Components-as-Required.jpg)
Auto Routing
First, open the Altium Designer software, then open your own PCB file.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 24 Open the PCB file in Altium Designer](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Open-the-PCB-file-in-Altium-Designer.png)
The figure below is an example of a PCB file that has been laid out, and now we want to automatically route it.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 25 Finish Auto Placing Components](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Finish-Auto-Placing-Components.png)
Select Auto Route – ALL. Route the entire PCB diagram.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 26 Prepare to Auto Route PCB](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Prepare-to-Auto-Route-PCB.png)
In the pop-up dialog box, here you can edit layer directions and rules, select routing strategy, and then click “Route All” in the lower right corner to perform automatic routing.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 27 Situs_Routing_Strategies-transformed](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Situs_Routing_Strategies-transformed.png)
The figure below is the process of routing and the result after completion.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 28 Start Auto Routing](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Start-Auto-Routing.png)
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 29 Finish Auto Routing](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Finish-Auto-Routing.png)
The final step is to manually modify the routing. Although the auto routing is efficient, there may be deviations in the thickness and direction of some lines, which we need to check and correct manually.
![Auto Place and Route with Altium Designer 30 Check & Correct Routing Manually](https://reversepcb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Check-Correct-Routing-Manually.png)