Altium PCB Designer: Rats Nest

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Monday, July 25, 2022

Connection lines do not appear when dragging a component

View Configuration > View options > Dimmed Objects

I was playing with the "N" shortcut to "show" and "hide" connections for a particular component. However, one time I must have had the component selected and was moving it when I typed the "N". After that, I could no longer see any connection lines when moving any component. Apparently, if you type "N" while moving a component it changes a mode called the "Net Line Connect Mode" from "Pad to Pad" to "Hidden". The way I finally spotted this was by looking at the "Heads Up Display" as I was moving a component and saw that this mode had been changed to "Hidden".

Tip 1: Try Tapping the N key to Toggle the connection lines while moving a component.

Source: Connection lines do not appear when dragging a component - Altium Discussion Forums

Thank you Thomas

Tip 2: Tap the [ key to Decrease Mask Level. Tap the ] key Decrease Mask Level.

Source: Randy Clemmons.

That's it !

Friday, May 1, 2020

Rats Nest Disappeared

Try . . . Design > NetList > Clean All Nets

That's it !

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Rats Nest Disappears when Dragging Components

If you are working with a large pin count BGA you may want to increase the PCB.ComponentDrag.ConnectionLimit.

Prefs > General > Advanced > PCB.ComponentDrag.ConnectionLimit

The Default is 50 . . . Try 500

It would be great if Altium could automatically adjust the Connection Limits to support large BGAs.

Altium introduced a new feature in AD19 to re-route moved components, which is causing the rats nest to disappear. You may want to uncheck that new Interactive Routing feature.

Prefs > PCB Editor > Interactive Routing > Component re-reroute.

That's it !