Using the place wire tool add wires between the components just like the image shown belo w d. The following shortcut keys are very useful for manipulating the view of the document window. Shortcut keys online documentation for altium products. Tu0105 customizing the altium designer resources version v2. Oct 24, 2017 altium techdocs are online documentation for altium products, providing the basic information you need to get the most out of our tools. Fpga schematic design vhdlverilog compilers casm compilers scripting simulation 2d field solver simulation engine library management database and advanced query language. Under the config toolbar, click the hotkeys setting menu which will open the hotkey setting dialog. When an interactive command is running, for example place. The shortcuts panel presents a list of available shortcuts for the currently open document. Environment shortcuts f1 access documentation library in context with object under cursor. Shortcut keys legacy documentation refer to the altium wiki for current information panel shortcuts common panel shortcuts 1.
To change a hotkey, click anywhere in the row for the hotkey you want to change and then press your new key. This industry needs to close the gap between the designer and the pcb production fab. Part 1 shows viewers how to create pcb projects and schematic documents as well as some of the basic tools required to draw informative and functional schematic diagrams. Sendmessage procedure, which is a member of both the schserver and pcbserver objects. For example, if you want to use r instead of space to rotate selected objects, click on the first row, then press r. Here we have a collection of pcb design articles related specifically to pcb designers. I can confirm this works in altium designer version 17 too. Creating and modifying a project with altium designer. Also to quickly switch between 2d and 3d you press the number keys 2 or 3 on your keyboard.
Even with design rule checks, the fab usually has to call the designer or engineer to clarify issues that affect manufacturability and yield. For detailed information with respect to each individual panel, press. This is likely due to the fact altium acquired the pcb editor from another company after they had already started writing the schematic editor, and decided to keep some of the proprietary pcb keyboard shortcuts. To import a circuit studio pcb file into altium designer. Shortcuts online documentation for altium products. This free software is an intellectual property of altium limited. This download was checked by our antivirus and was rated as malware free. The most frequent installer filename for the software is. Handy shortcuts for routing press on the numeric keypad while routing to cycle through the available signal layers. Not all panels will support all of these shortcuts. Once the smart pdf option is selected then a sequence of prompt windows will appear in which one of them will be as shown in the fig below. Altium techdocs are online documentation for altium products, providing the basic information you need to get the most out of our tools.
This guide provides a list of shortcut keys available for use within altium designer, ranging from those used at the environment level, through to those associated with particular document editors. It is in noway a complete guide but just lists the ones youd normally care to remember. How i corrected page size in altium designer smart pdf. Hi, i am an old ee and have used several schematic entry programs orcadcadence, dxdesigner. Eel3923eel4924 design 1 and 2 university of florida, electrical and computer eng. Altium supports simply opening the circuit studio schematic file in altium designer, however the pcb file must be imported. You may notice that although some keyboard shortcuts that perform the same function are. To rotate the view in 3d mode you hold down shift and the right mouse button and move the mouse around. Legacy documentation refer to the altium wiki for current. To help with this altium designer provides a shortcut menu that can be used from within all interactive schematic and pcb commands. Coming from a much simpler software such as eagle cad, some of them took me a while to figure out. If youve never used altium before, youll soon see why they are needed when you see the menus for the first time. Altium designer this is based off the current version of altium designer, 6.
Home altium designer routing shortcuts evalquest howto. I think you mean soldermask, in which case yes the soldermask like its name suggests will mask out where you dont want solder flowing. Learning a few short cuts keys will definitely increase your productivity. After a while of using an eda tool suite, clicking all over the place with a mouse gets very tedious and seriously reduces your productivity. Altium comes configured with numerous short cut keys. Extensive, exportable, wikistyle reference lists for keyboard shortcutshotkeys. Hover the mouse over anything inside the softwares environment a button, command, dialog, panel, design object, or query language functionkeyword and press f1 to access documentation for it. In altium its easy to define your own shortcut keys. With the sphere displayed, rightclick and drag to change the orientation of the view. May 18, 2014 altium training using smart grid copy and paste when creating schematic library parts duration. Altium designer viewer edition free download windows version. A printed circuit board pcb mechanically supports and electrically connects electric components using conductive tracks, pads and other features.
Discover features you didnt know existed and get the most out of those you already know about. Altium thinks you are trying to drag parts around when you press the left mouse button and drag. In this article, i have listed ten best mice for cad software users altium designer keyboard shortcuts. Altium designer easytrax, autotrax, protel, eagle,spectra i allegro autorouting, cadstar, orcad, tina, circuit maker, p. Dblib is a link to a database odbc or ado based were references are stored for symbol reference, model linking and parameter information. How to locate components individually in pcb layout in altium. Within your altium design software, the f1 shortcut is definitely worth getting acquainted with.
By keeping the panel visible on the desktop, the most relevant set of shortcut commands will be available while working on different types of documents. On this video i listed some tricks and shortcuts you will need when using altium designer. In the opened outputjob file on right column right clicked on pdf and selected pdf setup from drop down menu. The shortcuts panel is populated with the list of shortcuts that apply to the currently open and focused document in the workspace. Can you guess which is one of the most useful shortcuts in altium. Useful altium shortcuts you need to know this one youtube. Click the pdf above to read more about pcb design careers in this ebook. Using altium documentation user manual documentation. Importing altium circuit studio files to altium designer and. At school, they have taught me proteus isis, ares and have fairly good experience with it but i dont like the software and i am trying to migrate to altium. Unless explicitly stated all source material is from the altium website and altium training documents. The list is compiled based on responses from cad users and the features of mice. Get on the fast track to efficient, scalable growth and become an expert pcb designer. Altium designer tips and shortcuts this is a list of my most used keyboard shortcuts and actions in altium designer.
Ctrl, click and drag to the new location to insert duplicate. Altium designer is an electronic design automation software package for printed circuit board, fpga and embedded software design, and associated library and release management automation. In the example shown below, i will create a shortcut key for setting the origin in the pcb. Altium designer includes all the editors and software engines needed to perform all aspects of the electronic product development process.
Feb 04, 2011 then created a smart pdf using altium designer and let it to create a. I have also directed the work of pcb layout professionals for over 20 years, with respect to signal integrity and all issues related to circuit function. Everytime you modify something with an altium script, you should inform altium that you have done so, so that things like undoredo work correctly and altium knows that the file needs saving. This guide provides a list of shortcut keys available for use within altium designer, ranging from those used at the environment level, through to those associated with. The quickest way to find the specific componentsnets on pdf format pcb layout is to use altium s smart pdf option from the file menu.
Become an expert pcb designer when you use altium designer software. I am a mechatronics studen from peru and want to lear to use altium designer. In schematic page size and orientation selected page setup dialog. A via will automatically be added, in accordance with the applicable routing via style design rule. Access natural language search facility smart search hold ctrl while moving a panel. This is a selection of some of the most useful shortcuts in altium. All document editing, compiling and processing is performed within the altium designer environment.
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