- #ALTIUM DESIGNER BOARD OUTLINE FULL#
- #ALTIUM DESIGNER BOARD OUTLINE SOFTWARE#
- #ALTIUM DESIGNER BOARD OUTLINE DOWNLOAD#
Since the logo is already a block, you will be able to freely click on it and drag it around.Ĭreate a new PCB Project with the menu File > New > Project > PCB Project. After this, go to the your board tab and right click, Paste. Now, to copy the logo to your board, right click on the logo, Copy, and click on the logo again. Right click on the selection and click on Unions > Create Union from selected objects
#ALTIUM DESIGNER BOARD OUTLINE FULL#
Select the full logo with left click + dragging. To be able to move the logo around easily, you need to join all the segments in one block. A new board tab will be open in the background with the logo rendered. Play with the scaling factor to get the correct size of the logo.Ĭlick on, and when it is finished click on. Open Scripts\Delphiscript Scripts\PCB\PCB Logo Creator\PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR, select RunConverterScript and click. Click on the button and navigate where we extracted the example scripts.
#ALTIUM DESIGNER BOARD OUTLINE DOWNLOAD#
Put a logo in the PCB and move it around:īe aware that for this to work you will need a black and white well defined image.įirst, download the Altium Example Scripts and extract it.Ĭlick on the menu DXP > Run Script ... and a select window will pop up. Later on when the board is finished and when you are configuring the options for gerber files generation, select this layer as the board outline. A contour will be created in the layer that you have selected (Keep-out layer by default). Select the options that suit your design and click OK. If the board is not correctly centred, click on Edit > Origin > Set to set the centre.Īfter this, change view mode back to 2D Layout Mode (click on 2) and click on menu Design > Board Shape > Create Primitives From Board Shape. To define an exact shape, click on Design > Redesign Board Shape and set the vertices using the J, L jump to location shortcut. Click on menu Design > Edit Board Shape to change the size of the board moving the border handles. Switch view mode to Board Planning mode by clicking on shortcut 1. For via tenting, click on the Solder Mask Tenting checkbox. From this panel you can change massively the properties of all vias, that are already selected. Click and the PCB Inspector window will pop up. Pick one via, right click on it and select Find Similar Objects…. PCB Layout tips Add/change via tenting properties for all vias: Shift + Hold Right Click : Move to rotate board in 3D view.Ctrl + Shift + Left Click : Set current mouse position as the dx,dy center.M, C : Select a component from the list to move it.+ / - : Switch to previous/next layer when routing.Shift + R : Cycle routing modes (ignore, avoid or push obstacle).Space / Shift + Space : Rotate components and cycle through routing options.Tab : Pop up properties dialog of the placing component/routing line.Ctrl + Click on a net : Select everything connected to that net.2 / 3 : Switch board view to 2D/3D mode.Ctrl + M : Measure distance between two points.J, L : Jump to location, press intro after introducing the coordinates.I will keep updating this post periodically with new stuff.
#ALTIUM DESIGNER BOARD OUTLINE SOFTWARE#
Coming from a much simpler software such as Eagle CAD, some of them took me a while to figure out. This is a list of my most used keyboard shortcuts and actions in Altium Designer.