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How do I change the default units in Altium?
There are some other ways to change the units of measurement in Altium Designer’s layout tool. You can use the command: “Toggle Units” found in the View pulldown menu as shown below. As with the schematic, you can also use the keystroke shortcut combination of “vu” to change the units.
How do I open Altium preferences?
- Load from file – click to load preferences from a DXP Preferences file (*. DXPPrf). The Load Preferences dialog will appear from where you can browse to and open the desired file.
- Load from server- click to load your preferences that have been saved to a connected server.
How do I change the origin in Altium?
To set the relative origin back to the default absolute origin at the extreme lower-left of the document workspace, use the Edit » Origin » Reset command from the main menus.
How do I change the size of a PCB in Altium?
Now you are ready to change PCB board size of the existing board outline in your design session. To do this, you will use the Design > Edit Board Shape pulldown menu command. Once you are in this command you will see the editing handles around the board outline.
How do you change mil to mm in Altium PCB?
To make these and other settings changes while editing a schematic library, Go to Tools ► Document Options which will open the Properties panel where you can change from mils to mm and check the box to Show Comment/Designator.
What mil means?
mil in American English a unit of length, equal to one thousandth (0.001) of an inch (0.0254 millimeter), used in measuring the diameter of wire, the thickness of coatings or films, etc. 2. a milliliter, or cubic centimeter.
What are the default settings in Altium Designer 16.0?
Comparing default settings for the System – General page of the Preferences dialog between Altium Designer 16.0 (left) and Altium Designer 16.1 (right). On this page, the following changes have been made:
Is the group undo option disabled in Altium?
The Group Undo option is now disabled by default. Comparing default settings for the Schematic – Graphical Editing page of the Preferences dialog between Altium Designer 16.0 (left) and Altium Designer 16.1 (right). This page of preferences has been completely removed.
When to enable live highlighting in Altium cluster?
In the Live Highlighting cluster, the Live Highlighting only when Shift Key Down option is now enabled by default. The Other cluster, with the Jump to Active View Configuration link, has been removed.