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Altium is integrated schematic capture and PCB design software.

See the official page at http://www.altium.com/.

See also the Wikipedia page.

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How can I rename a Sheet in Altium Designer?

I'm trying to rename a schematic sheet file inside Altium Designer 14 (in Project Panel). The only way I can do it is renaming the sheet file in Windows Explorer and relink the file to the project. This is very time consuming and unproductive. I…
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Are Altium Vaults worth it for a small company?

I'm going through the process of starting a bunch of new design work in Altium at the moment at my company, and am trying to decide whether it's worth going through the effort of setting up the Altium Vault infrastructure, vs. just using traditional…
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Which files to version control for an Altium PCB project?

I'm trying to create the .gitignore file for an Altium project that is versioned with git and stored remotely on GitHub. I don't want my teammates to continually struggle with having to update every single time I make a small change, like re-run…
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Altium error: Nets containing multiple input ports. What does this error mean?

I am relatively new to Altium, and I am running into the following errors when compiling my schematic: Net SDI contains multiple Input Ports (Port SDI,Port SDI) Net CLK contains multiple Input Ports (Port CLK,Port CLK) What I am trying to do is…
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Altium Error? What is this reddish box?

I've been to a couple introductory Altium trainings and everything goes fine and dandy. This is the actual first board I am working on by myself. I've been learning so much just by doing stuff myself but there is something that I can't seem to quite…
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Altium assign one pin to multiple pads?

I am using a P Mosfet in the schematic, pin 1, 2, 5, 6 are all connected together. How is this done in altium?
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How to automatically position designators in Altium?

Is there any way to automatically place component designators in Altium such they are all visible and doesn't overlap other components? A clear example is described here but it seems it is a separate piece of software you have to buy. Is there any…
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Altium: Harness as output of MultiChannel block

I'm designing a schematic containing a MultiChannel block. I would like to use a Harness with outgoing signals as port. If I use a single wire, I get a bus at the output. This is clear. But how can I access the different harnesses? The picture…
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In Altium Designer, is there a setting that maintains the camera's position when switching from 2D to 3D and vice versa?

When I switch from 2D to 3D mode, Altium zooms to the spot on the board I was viewing the last time I was in 3D mode. The behavior I would like: When I switch from 2D mode to 3D mode, I see same part of the board that I was looking right before…
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How can I drag-select components in a room in Altium?

I have a PcbDoc in Altium Designer with several components in a room. I want to select some components by dragging a box around them. I can select them if I start dragging in the gray or black areas. But if I start in the red room, I reposition the…
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Altium - How to merge polygons?

I have a situation where my polygon looks like the teeth of a comb. I don't want to have multiple polygons and I don't want to manually route the shapes. I'd like to make one "tooth" and then just duplicate it across and where the polygons overlap,…
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Set PCB size with values altium

I've been searching for a way to set PCB size in Altium, I can change size using Mouse, but there is no way I found to change it to some values using keyboard. Like I want to change PCB size to 10" x 1.5" but I can't unless I use Edit Vertices and…
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Is it possible to add automatically not installed libraries in Altium?

As the title says: Is it possible to add automatically not installed libraries in Altium ? After I reinstall Altium all the libraries I have added are not there I have to add them one by one again looking through every component I have. Is any way…
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How to make a cut in a via

I want to make a cut in the via like this image: I'm using Altium to develop. I was recommended to make the via "castellation" but I can't find how to make this via in the center of the board. Does someone know more about "castellation" and can…
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Altium Differential Pairs, nets not found

Question is similar to Differential pair in altium but different (not a duplicate) Hi ! When about to ECO the schematic to PCB (Design > Update PCB), errors shows up showing that "net(s) not found in differential pair" for my nets. Even though, the…
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