How to import a graphic onto the PCB Overlay

How to import a graphic onto the PCB overlay | Altium Link : 

Use copy and paste images and text from Windows applications into Altium Designer. 

1. Place the desired image into a Microsoft Word document
2. Highlight the image in Microsoft Word and copy it to the clipboard (Edit->Copy in the menu)
3. Open a new PCB in Altium Designer (File>New>PCB)
4. Paste the image from clipboard (Edit>Paste)"

The image can be re-sized when it is first placed in Altium.

or the image can be re-sized before placing in Altium

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Understanding Design Annotation - The Altium Wiki

Understanding Design Annotation - English documentation - The Altium Wiki:

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Using Components Directly from Your Company Database

Using Components Directly from Your Company Database | DOCUMENTATION: Altium

"This document provides detailed information on using components from a database using Altium Designer's Database Library feature."

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Database Library Migration Tools

Database Library Migration Tools - Altium  | DOCUMENTATION:

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High Speed PCB Design

High Speed PCB Design:

Some basic trace length 'rules of thumb' and a critical length calculation example.

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PCB Layer Stack AD14

AD14 PCB Layer Stack Management | DOCUMENTATION: Altium

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AD13 to AD14 - Custom Toolbars

After upgrading from AD13 to AD14 my custom toolbar which I created in AD13 was missing.

To restore my custom toolbar in AD14,  I copied the following three files from AD13 : 

DXP.RAF
DXP.RCS
UserTools.TLT

AD13 Location:
"C:\Users\Your User Name \AppData\Roaming\Altium\AD {xxx . . .}"

AD14 Location:
"C:\Users\Your User Name \AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {xxx . . .}"


Tip: Altium must be closed while you copy the files, because the files are over written when a session of Altium is closed.

Just to be safe create copies of the AD14 files before overwriting them.

Dead Copper on Internal Plane layers between high density pins. | LinkedIn

Dead Copper on Internal Plane layers between high density pins. | LinkedIn: 

"PLACE' menu select 'POLYGON POUR CUTOUT' then draw a shape that surrounds the dead copper and right click to end shape. The copper will be gone inside the shape you just created. Fast and easy." 

Source: Jeri Deneen,C.I.D.+ Sr. PCB Designer 

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Altium Bug Crunch #960

Altium Bug Crunch #960: Altium Live Log in Required

Smart Length and Length Matching in PCB Editor

Fix in Development ?

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Plane Dumb Copper

Unlike Polygon pours, planes in Altium do not have a remove dead copper feature.

You can place line or fills on the planes to remove copper. 

However this is an error prone method for removing dead copper because it relies on you reviewing and finding the dead copper with your eyeballs.

Altium Designer Summer 09 - Legacy Libraries

Altium Designer Summer 09 Libraries

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