Multi-point Nets

3 2 3 4 5 •  Trick
•  Expand from all these sources to find
2 S 1 2 3 4 5 the shortest path from the existing
route to the next target
2 S 1 2 3 4 T 5

3 4 •  Next: Backtrace as before

2 S 1 2 5
•  Follow pathlengths in decreasing order
2 S 1 S 1 2 3 4 from target, to some source cell

3 2 2 3 4 5

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•  Finally
•  Do usual cleanup
S •  Mark all of the segment cells as used and
clean-up the grid
S 1 2 3 4 T 5 •  Now, have embedded a multi-point net,
and rendered it an obstacle for future nets
S
S S

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