# 45 / 135 degree trace routing

**URL:** <https://community.quilter.ai/t/45-135-degree-trace-routing/41>\
**Category:** Shipped\
**Tags:** routing\
**Created:** [January 15, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.quilter.ai/t/45-135-degree-trace-routing/41 "2024-01-15T21:04:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@alex](https://community.quilter.ai/u/alex)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.quilter.ai/t/45-135-degree-trace-routing/41/1 "2024-01-15T21:04:22Z")

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Quilter’s traces should be octilinearized to improve cleanliness and aesthetics.

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**Author:** ![will](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.quilter.ai/will/32/98_2.png) [@will](https://community.quilter.ai/u/will)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://community.quilter.ai/t/45-135-degree-trace-routing/41/3 "2024-02-09T05:49:37Z")

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This feature has been shipped as a part of our [Octilinear trace routing](https://community.quilter.ai/t/octilinear-trace-routing/58) feature

> [@Octilinear trace routing](https://community.quilter.ai/t/octilinear-trace-routing/58):
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> Octilinear trace routing Quilter now utilizes octilinear trace routing for all generic traces routed by our design agent. Early in our closed beta, we started asking users how they felt about the visual aesthetics of Quilter designs. Here’s what they told us: “Aesthetically, these traces look very different than my layout, and my client may not like this.” “It just strikes me as looking messier, you know? Like just kind of how the lines go all over isn’t pleasin…