Altium Designer Installer

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Variant - Schematic

To create schematics for variants























In the out job Select 'Project Physical Documents'


In the Variant Manager menu Project > Variants

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Polygon Pours - New Functionality

Key things to know when editing polygons in Altium 14.3 are:

1. Click and hold a handle for a moment before trying to move it.
2. Shift + Space bar toggles the modes.

Source: http://bugcrunch.live.altium.com/#Bug/4421

Project Packager

The Project Packager can used to bundle up every file associated with a project and create a Zip file.

You can find the Project Packager under Project > Project Packager

Or Right Click on a Project and Select the Project Packager


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Follow the defaults, select Next > Next > Next > Finish

Take a look in project's folder and you will find a zipped up copy of your project.

Tip: You can add other documents to a project that will be included in the Zip file.




I often add other files to a project such as BOM templates and stack up drawings.

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EEVblog #527 - Altium Entry Level PCB Tool Rant - YouTube

Gotta to love this guy

EEVblog #527 - Altium Entry Level PCB Tool Rant - YouTube:

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PCB Libraries - Parts on Demand

PCB Parts on Demand - Part Data: 

I searched for ADA4940-2ACPZ-R7 at the Altium Content store and did not find the part.

I decided to try PCB Libraries - Parts on Demand and was pleasantly surprised to find the fpx file for this part was available.

I downloaded the ADA4940-2ACPZ-R7.fpx file and quickly created the footprint.

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The tool has a user friendly graphical interface . 

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Thank you

Randy Clemmons CID+