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Ants: routing and our own terms (from Nov 2026)

Thin slice

Our build order: one net through every stage end to end first, then widen. D12.

How it looks

Drawing: our build order (decision D12)
importmodelobstacle webrubber bandtightenexportDRCone netnet 2net 3net 4net 5amber: the thin slice. One net, every stage, before anything is made wide.
Rows are nets on the board, columns are the stages a net passes through inside Ants. A thin slice fills one whole row first, instead of one whole column.

How it works

importmodelobstacle webrubber bandtightenexportDRCone netnet 2net 3net 4net 5then widen: every net through every stagethe usual way: finish one stage for every net first

Where it fits

The first job on the Ants engine track. "Done" is judged by the benchmark referee (KiCad DRC), not by Ants itself.

Widening later brings in negotiation (routing) and the three dials.

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