# Winter newsletter

**URL:** <https://community.quilter.ai/t/winter-newsletter/64>\
**Category:** Updates\
**Tags:** newsletters\
**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://community.quilter.ai/t/winter-newsletter/64 "2024-02-05T06:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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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 5, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://community.quilter.ai/t/winter-newsletter/64/1 "2024-02-05T06:00:00Z")

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# Winter newsletter

 ![Winter-newsletter@4x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/quilter1/original/1X/0342a01c053a2d646d66668350fdfdf434074f1d.webp)

## A roundup of changes and improvements to Quilter throughout the late fall and early winter.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/quilter1/original/1X/1736baa6e2213049180b707ffcc9b94c91475766.webp)

## 1/ Octilinear Traces

In our last newsletter, we asked users to share theirfeedback on the visual appearance of Quilter’s “curvy” traces. The response was clear – users said our curvy traces looked “messy” and “wrong” because they lacked the octilinear (45/90 deg) routing style of human-designed traces.

We’re happy to share that **Quilter now utilizes octilinear trace routing for all generic traces routed by our design agent.** Try resubmitting a board designed prior to November to see the difference on your own design!

[See for yourself](https://app.quilter.ai)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/quilter1/original/1X/6d7d849ead131e9d762b929ae470b7a9d3ad6be3.webp)

## 2/ Thin-to-thick traces

As of late December, **Quilter’s design agent has the ability to route traces with variable widths.** This allows Quilter to better route power traces with minimum amperage requirements that terminate with fine-pitched ICs and connectors.

[Try thin-to-thick](https://app.quilter.ai)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/quilter1/original/1X/7f24ce675b0c32bd6717d945304ca68c64f2208e.webp)

## 3/ Quilter community forums

We’re excited the announce the launch of our community forums at [https://community.quilter.ai](https://community.quilter.ai), where Quilter users can:

- Ask [questions](https://community.quilter.ai/c/questions/7) and get helpful tips on using Quilter
- Post Quilter-designed [projects](https://community.quilter.ai/c/projects/6) and share feedback with the Quilter team
- [Submit, view, and vote](https://community.quilter.ai/c/idea/2) on suggested improvements to Quilter’s product
- Stay up-to-date on [Quilter news and product updates](https://community.quilter.ai/c/announcements/5)

**To join the community, simply log in with your existing Quilter email and password.**

[Visit the community](https://community.quilter.ai)

That’s it for now, but we’ve got some big announcements and product updates coming in our January newsletter.

Stay tuned!