Monday, October 24, 2022

Electra Do File Tweaks

To clear existing routed tracks and vias.

Altium > PCB Fliter > (IsTrack or isVia) and OnSignal and not InAnyDifferentialPair

Altium > Delete Filtered Selection

Altium > Script > Export Specctra DSN

Electra > Open DSN

AutoRoute > Strategy > Edit Script

 


To Prevent Electra from Crashing . . . first strip out web page characters.

Copy and Paste the text below to Notepad before pasting in Electra !


# Start My Do Tweaks


select all nets

unselect net GND

unprotect all wires

unprotect all vias


lock net GND

protect net GND

protect all dpairs


# End My Do Tweaks


Electra >  Run Do > Export Routes


Altium > Files > Import Routes
PCB Filter > Istrack and OnSignal and not InAnyDifferentialPair

Altium > Route  > Retrace Selected

That's it !

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Tools > Import / Export Mechanical Layers

Tools > Import / Export Mechanical Layers

Includes Layer Pairs

That's it !