Patent ID: 8327314

Claim:
A method for setting a test point by using a computer, applied to dispose at least one test point on a circuit board in a trace file, the method comprising: reading the trace file, by using said computer, wherein the trace file comprises at least one trace; determining whether the trace has an initial test point; reading a next trace in the trace file when the trace has the initial test point; determining whether the trace has a test space reserved around the trace for placement of the test point; if the trace has the test space for placement of the test point, setting the test point on the trace that does not have the initial test point, and if the trace does not have the test space for placement of the test point, determining if there is any unread trace; if there is unread trace, reading the next trace in the trace file, and if there is no unread trace, outputting the trace that does not have the initial test point and the test point; and setting the test point on the trace that does not have the initial test point.