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Hi,
I often need to create custom footprint for new component and I need to check if it fits well. In OrCAD I was used to print it 1:1 on paper and align component on and eventually do a fine tune. Now in altium PCB library editor I can see that menu/file/print is grayed out so I can't print. I...
While routing today I probably pressed some unwanted key or so (but don't remember) that caused entire 3V3 net was unrouted. I didn't make any change in schematic or libraries. It's a DC supply bus bar and has many branches and it took me some time to route it. I hoped that undo will take me...
>androm
Thanks, I had Comp Drag to "none" in default settings. I also didn't know, theres different move than dragging by mouse. Well now I can move routed vias and traces are moving together, respecting angles and DRC. But when I do it on a component it moves traces by any angle and don't...
>androm
Yes you're right. I didn't defined layer pairs before placing and make this trouble myself. But fortunatelly there are not too much components so I was able to go to PCB list and change tracks of bottom placed components to opposite layer and then defined the proper layer pair. I also...
Ah, loosemoose already answered this, I paste it here:
If you place components on top and bottom layer you will need to create a mechanical layer pair for the assembly layers. Hit"L" and then you will see on the bottom left corner "Layer pair".
This solved visibility of bottom objects but...
>robertferanec
Yes I learned how to make own layer set. I also revealed the problem - why bottom objects was included in selection. It is because I had enabled mechanical layer 15 that I use for component outline (have drawn outlines for every component in my library). When I disable this layer...
Yes I made some layer presets but even if bottom is hidden and I click a component on top it will display selection menu including component from bottom. Also it would be usefull to exclude pads from selections. OrCAD do it different way, 1st you need to choose what object to manupulate...
Hi,
is it possible to change bahavior of selection that it will select object only in active layer? I found it anoying when I have components placed in top and bottom layer and when I want to select and move objects on top layer it displays selection dialog where I must confirm object that I...
Thakn you, it works fine. I expect that when I add another such component in PCB I'll have to do this again to update new region.
>androm
I never said "beloved OrCAD", I know about some anying bugs that was not fixed from v.9.3 to 16.3 that I worked on but I learned to live with it...
Yes, for about ~5 years of work... :)
Now I'm learning Altium. Currently my opinion is that it is more complex and better system but some operations cannot be done as quickly as in OrCAD by one key (if I'm not going to write a script) and maybe some cannot be done at all?
Hm, it sounds like...
I have some footprints with non-trivial pads. I used a region in top layer over a pin to model required shape. How do I assign this region to overlayed pin? I can see there's Net option in pin and region properties but cannot choose nothing (not surprised in library where no nets).
The problem...
Yes I missed that. Now it's OK. I globally disabled default designator. Thx.
I found some mech. layer use rulez and they reccomended to make place outline in mech. layer 15.
Unfortunatelly orcad importer is unable to import polygons with attribute place outline in any layer. I have to change...
Hello,
1st to say I'm new user of Altium, I've been using OrCAD ~5 years. I converted my OrCAD *.LLB libraries to Altium and see that every footprint has text strings .Designator in Top Overlay and .Comment in Mechanical 1. I would expected that this kind strings are symbolic and will be...
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