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At the first launch of the Components panel in the current Altium Designer session, the following controls are available when connected to a Workspace:.

When in offline mode, a warning will be shown in the panel along with controls to keep using the cached component data or to clear the cache. Creating a new component.

In the Explorer panel , when a folder of the Components type has no components in it yet, a number of controls are now presented to assist you in populating the folder with components. Use these controls to perform an appropriate action:. Regardless of whether or not there are components in the folder, these actions can also be performed using the options of the menu associated with the Add Component drop-down at the top-right of the panel.

With this release, you can set the drill symbol with one size on a Drill Drawing View and a different size on the Drill Table. You can set the desired size defaults on the Drill Symbol tab of the Draftsman – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog or for a specific project in the Drill Symbols Configurations dialog as shown in the images below. To set different sizes for the Drill Drawing View and Drill Table, click to unlink the two sizes then set the desired sizes independently of each other.

An option has been added to the Via Type mode of the Properties panel that allows you to select from what side covering should be applied. The Side option in the Properties region of the panel includes a drop-down so that you can choose the desired side. The options of the drop-down depend on the via type selected in the ViaType option in the same region of the panel. For via types 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5, 6b, and 7, the option is essentially disabled with Both as the only option and is the default for those via types.

When connected to an Altium Workspace , note that the Generic Components functionality is not supported with the Standard Subscription Plan. As such, this functionality will not be available with this level of access to Altium Also, note that the Generic Components functionality is not supported when connected to a Concord Pro Workspace. This release introduces the concept of standard Generic Components, which can quickly be placed in a design without the need to find and choose a specific manufactured part.

Generic Components are intended as placeholders that are easily replaced by parameter-matched real-world components later in the design process. They also can be considered as virtual or parametric components. A new SheetSymbolDesignator special string has been added as part of this release.

This special string can be placed on a child schematic sheet to display the designator of the associated Sheet Symbol object that is placed on the parent schematic sheet. The SheetSymbolDesignator special string can also be used in a multi-channel design. Select a compiled tab of the child schematic sheet to display the converted value of the special string.

Use the SheetSymbolDesignator special string to show the parent sheet symbol’s designator. Hover the cursor over the image to see the special string’s converted value on the compiled tab of the sheet. The Tools » Update from Libraries schematic editor and Tools » Update Schematics schematic library editor commands are now functional for alternative components in variants. Running either of these commands results in updating parameters of alternate components, which are visible in the Variant Management dialog and a compiled tab of the schematic sheet.

When updating the alternate components using the Tools » Update from Libraries command from the main menus of the schematic editor, make sure that the Include Variants and Update To Latest Revision options are enabled on the first page of the Update From Library dialog that opens after launching the command. Example of an updated alternate component from the Workspace library. Shown here is the alternate component before the update.

Hover the cursor over the image to see the component after creating a new revision and updating the component using the Update from Libraries command. You can now negate include a bar over the top of a Power Port object as can be done for ports, net labels, and sheet entries.

Include a backslash character after each character in the Name field in the Power Port mode of the Properties panel e. To assist in identifying Text String objects that are using special strings, the name of the special string can now be shown on the schematic sheet. When the new Display Name of Special String option is enabled on the Schematic — Graphical Editing page of the Preferences dialog, each special string has its name displayed as a faint superscript.

To improve the usability of the Via mode of the Properties panel when editing a via stack in Top-Middle-Bottom or Full Stack mode, the user interface of the panel’s Via Stack section has been changed. Basic information about the via stack on different layers of the PCB design is now available for viewing and editing in tabular form.

When you click within a layer name cell, the Thermal Relief option becomes available. A custom thermal relief can be set if the Relief option is enabled. Tuning and matching the route lengths within a specific tolerance is an essential ingredient for a high-speed design as it ensures that timing-critical signals arrive at their target pins at the same time.

In this release, tools for specifying length matching requirements have been enhanced by implementing a feature for selecting an xSignal as a target for a Matched Lengths design rule when an xSignal class or all xSignals of the design is used as the rule scope. The previous behavior used the longest xSignal of the xSignal class as a target for length matching.

When an xSignal class is selected as a Matched Length design rule scope, one of its xSignals can be selected as a source target. The xSignal selected as a target will be labeled as such in the new Margin column of the xSignals mode of the PCB panel while deviation from this target length is shown in this column for other xSignals of the selected class.

Deviation from the target length is shown in the new Margin column. During interactive length tuning, the Interactive Length Tuning mode of the Properties panel provides the ability to switch between tuning relative to the selected target xSignal the new behavior or the longest net in the xSignal class scoped by the rule the previous behavior. Select a desired mode for the tuning target during interactive length tuning.

If a PCB component has its primitives locked the Primitives option in the Component mode of the Properties panel is in its state , most properties of these primitives can no longer be modified by graphical e.

This will help to prevent occasional changes of component primitives that can result in incorrect assembly and fabrication outputs. By way of an example, the Pad mode of the Properties panel is shown in the image below for a pad that is a constituent part of a PCB component that has its primitives locked.

Note that all properties of the pad except for Net and Testpoint properties are dimmed and not available for editing. Note also that the icon is shown at the far right of the pad’s Component field, which denotes that the parent component has its primitives locked, and pad properties cannot be modified. The Pad mode of the Properties panel on the left for a pad of a PCB component that has its primitives locked on the right. Enhanced Save to Server Dialog. A hint that describes how to link an existing task to the project commit has been added to the Save to Server dialog.

The ” Add task-id to connect this commit to a task ” text is displayed in the Comment field. As the hint states, add the task ID to the Comment field as it appears in the Comments and Tasks panel ; the task will be linked to the project commit that will be created after clicking OK in the dialog.

The link to the commit will be shown in the task detail pane when the task tile is selected on the Tasks page of the Altium Workspace browser interface or the Tasks view of the project’s detailed management page. Click the link to open the project’s History view with the related commit highlighted on the timeline.

The link to the connected commit will be shown in the task detail pane. Hover the cursor over the image to see the History page that opens after clicking the link and the related commit highlighted on the timeline. The speed of the simulation process has been increased when running analyses. Also, when using the Components panel for browsing large simulation model libraries, the speed to upload the content of such libraries has been improved.

Simulation models used in a project are cached now in the project, so simulation of such projects can be easily run on different machines. Any digit or number may be used as the first or last index of a repeated Sheet Symbol, including 0. Negative numbers are not allowed. The last index must always be larger than the first index.

Use this new feature to add the new class Component Class Name to set parameters for components within a blanket by means of the Parameter Set mode of the Properties panel.

Associating the Component Class Name to a component or group of components will result in sending the information about the component class, its name and members to the PCB as is done currently for Net Classes. Added the ability to mark a pin as containing internal pull-up or pull-down resistors. The new graphical symbol will be displayed next to the pin as sown in the images below.

Many designers use the special string capabilities available in Altium Designer to create complex strings that display important information on the schematic sheets. Special string support has been added to Text Frames and Notes, allowing you to create complex special string definitions as a single, multi-line text object.

Altium Designer supports resolving numerical calculations defined in a Text String, with support for resolving numerical calculations extended to include those defined in schematic Text Frames and Notes. When this feature originally entered into closed beta as indicated above , the special string or formula had to be enclosed in curly brackets.

The last variant that was set prior to closing a project is now remembered and will be the variant presented when the project is reopened. Previously, the base design [No Variation] was always presented when the project was reopened.

A number of improvements have been applied to the Counterholes functionality that was implemented in previous releases. If the size of the counterhole is larger than or equal to the pad size, the pad shape is removed from the corresponding side of the PCB since this pad shape will be drilled out when drilling the counterhole. Example of a removed pad shape from the top layer. Previous releases include significant improvements to the process of working with Rigid-Flex board designs in Altium Designer.

This new feature set is referred to as Rigid-Flex 2. In this release, to enable the Rigid-Flex 2. Enable the Advanced Rigid-Flex mode to configure a Rigid-Flex board; either via the Tools menu or by clicking the features button hover the cursor over the image to show this. Note that when trying to disable the Rigid-Flex 2. When the option is enabled, the rule tests the creepage distance between scoped polygons and other objects.

If a polygon pour and other objects are scoped by a Creepage Distance design rule with the Apply to Polygon Pour option enabled and a Clearance design rule , both rules are considered and the tightest set of constraints is applied when pouring the polygon. For example, if the Creepage Distance rule has a larger constraint value than the Clearance rule, this larger value will be applied.

An option for accessing the Comment Export Configuration dialog has been added to the Comments and Tasks panel. Click the button at the top-right of the panel then select the Export Comments option from the menu to open the dialog and configure the comment export to a separate document.

The Remove Leading Zero option has been added to the Document Options mode of the Properties panel that allows you to automatically remove the leading zero for mil and inch values. This option is disabled by default. Default values of some additional properties of the Draftsman’s Drill Table object can now be defined on the Draftsman – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog.

Default settings for some additional options of Draftsman’s Drill Table can now be defined on the Drill Symbols tab of the Preferences Draftsman – Default page. The xDxDesigner Importer has been enhanced to allow importing an xDxDesigner project to also import defined variants of that project automatically. To import xDxDesigner project variants, the following steps should be performed:. This release brings further improvements to the Sensitivity Analysis tool.

Group Deviations of Global parameters as a sensitivity parameter are now supported, and Temperature as a sensitivity parameter is also now supported.

Update Learn More. Output Improvements Output data needs to be as accurate as possible. Quick Browsing of Parameters for a Board Copy link. PCB Improvements Parametric information for your board is now conveniently available from the Properties panel. Active Links in Text Copy link. Schematic Capture Improvements You can now specify active links to components and nets within a text frame object on a schematic. Multifunctional pins Copy link.

Custom Diff Pair Suffixes Copy link. Schematic Capture Improvements Even more possibilities for creating differential pairs. Display of Alternate Component Parameters Copy link. Schematic Capture Improvements Many schematic solutions are created as multivariant. Components from Altium Copy link. How to import Allegro files to Altium. Created: March 25, Updated: July 31, This document describes different approaches for getting Allegro files into Altium Designer.

Starting in Version: Was this article helpful? Printer-friendly version. Found an issue with this document? A script can also be executed using the editor’s Run command, accessed by the Run button , the F9 shortcut key, or by selecting Run » Run from the main menus. Along with the Run command itself, the dropdown Run menu offers a range of script control and debugging commands. When the Run command is selected for the first time, the Select Item to Run dialog will open allowing you to specify a script’s main procedure ShowAMessage in this case.

Once set, the script is easy to run repeatedly from the editor using the Run command. Use the Run » Set Project Startup Procedure to change the setting to a different procedure, or close and reopen the script project to clear the setting. Expanding on the HelloWorld project created above, a similar script can be created using a form unit.

A Script Form is a dialog window that can host a range of controls such as buttons, memos, and list boxes. It has event handlers that respond when a control has generated an event, such as when a button is clicked. To create the new script form, right-click on the project name from the Projects panel , choose the Add New to Project option, and select Script Form. The script can be saved and renamed using File » Save As from the main menus.

With a new script project established, add a new script to the project. To see and edit the property values for the currently focused form or its components, open the Object Inspector panel from the Panels button at the bottom of the design workspace. The Object Inspector panel is used to change the properties of the form and insert code in the event handlers associated with the current form.

The Script Form’s window configuration and properties are demonstrated in the Object Inspector panel. Note that the Script Form offers two tabs at the bottom of the document: the Code and Form tabs. The Code tab contains the event handlers and procedures as shown above, while the Form tab represents the dialog and has controls and associated event handlers. Use the tabs or the F12 shortcut key to change between the two. The Object Inspector panel shows the values of the properties for the currently focused form or its components.

These strings match those used in the example event handler and procedure code shown further below.

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