Signal integrity simulation before, during and after PCB design

Signal integrity simulation before, during and after PCB design:

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Grid Settings - Easy on the Eyes

The default bright white grid lines and dots are a bit distracting and hard on the eyes. 

For a softer look that is easier on the eyes the color setting for the grid lines and dots can the adjusted.

Select Ctrl + G to bring up the Cartesian Grid Editor dialog.

As shown I have set the Dots to a med gray (color 34) and the Lines to a light shade of black (color 38).

Here is what the results look like.
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Toolbars - Move to Another PC

Refer to Link: Altium Forum Search:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\AD {<GUID>}

Where GUID is a long Set of Hex characters.

Use File Search if needed to locate the files shown below on your computer.

Copy the following files and paste it to the same location on your new PC.

DXP.RAF
DXP.RCS
UserTools.TLT 

Altium has to be closed, during this precedure, or else your copied files will be overwritten.

These files are overwritten when Altium is Closed.

If you are frequently updating your Toolbars, then Synctoy can be used to simplify this task.

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Update Schematic from Library

Altium BugCrunch #839 : 

 Position of refdes after update from library.

1. Open SCH List Panel. Select All Objects > Include only Parts. 
2. Copy current Orientation, and Mirror-status to a spreadsheet.
3. Set to 0 and non-mirrored. 
4. Perform library update.
5. Copy spreadsheet data over SCH List data to recover original positions.

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Excel - Conditional Formatting for Matched Net Lengths

Below is an example of using Green / Red (Go / No-Go) Conditional Formatting in Excel for checking matched trace length requirements.

Example