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Altium 21.1.1 - Disable component clearance
I'm royally confused! I have Altium 20.x.x on one PC. I do a PCB design on this PC and I have no issues. I port that same project to Altium 21.1.1 and suddenly I have major clearance issues when I go ...
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Minimum spacing between PCB components
I am laying out a 2-layer PCB that has only through hole components, and I need it to be as small as possible. I was wondering how small I can set the clearance rule between the components? When I ...
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Track clearance with flex region cutout in Altium Designer
In Altium Designer, I created a simple rigid-flex board with the 4 layers in the rigid part (top, in1, in2, bottom) and 2 layers in the flexible part (in1, in2). I set 5mm clearance on a top layer ...
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Altium Collision DRC error? Cant figure out why
我已经完成了我的PCB设计与奥腾。我跑不he DRC, to check if there are any errors. Strangely i got like hundreds of errors. First i couldn't find out why, but i managed to narrow it down to ...
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Altium: how to assign a net class to unconnected pins?
I have PCB with a clearance rule for nets that can be exposed for higher voltages: In the schematic I put a blanket around the area I need to be assigned as higher voltages nets (I called this class "...
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Constrain plane clearance from annular ring in Altium
I need to constrain a plane from shorting to the annular rings of a number of vias. The dialog found at ...
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Altium individual clearance for polygonpour
I want to use a poured plane in my design, but i need more clearance on the bigger pads. If i increase the clearance in the rules, all the spaces between pads, will increase. Is there a way to specify,...
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What's the name of the Altium designer rule that warns if component “enters” another component area (PCB)?
The trouble is that this PCB is a capacitive pad and needs to stay inside the other component square area. What's the Altium rule to exclude this component?
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Rotating components in Altium Designer, clearance
I can't find out how to properly rotate 45 degrees components in Altium Designer. I read two topics about that: Rotated component placement in Altium How can I rotate a part in Altium without an ...
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Altium Microstrip routing
I am currently trying to route a micro strip for a GPS and GSM antenna on Altium which got some constraints on spacing with ground poured plane like the one shown just below: This is currently my ...
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How do I disable clearance check for a layer or for only some certain elements?
I'm designing a PCB in Altium Designer. There is a very large heat sink in my project. When I put it on the PCB, there will be plenty of empty space under it where I can put other small components. I ...
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How to change polygon clearance in Altium
In Altium, when I draw a polygon, it automatically leaves a gap around copper of a different net. However, my Vin net is high voltage, and needs to have a 1mm clearance. Therefore, If I draw a Vin ...
