Īn Access Violation that occured on machines with limited video memory when using the PCB editor has been resolved. Examples of the non-physical differences now reported are Pin Numbers, 3D body colours. The PCB Editor 'Update From Libraries' command now takes into account non-physical differences between footprints. Repeatedly compiling an unmodified error-free FPGA project should no longer produce errors. System Components: Altium Designer Base 4801Įmbedded Project options dialog now also opens when Embedded Design Tools for the selected processor have not been installed. Using repeated or multiple schematic sheet entries, as is the case with multi-channel and hierarchical designs, no longer causes violation warnings triggered by net signals effectively having different names. Revised net violation handling with repeated sheets Also, auto-junctions now render in solid form on mono-color printouts. The behavior of auto-junctions has been improved for several moving or replication operations where they are regenerated on the fly. Several improvements have been made to the way schematic junctions are displayed, generated and printed. Numerous FPGA/Embedded enhancementsĪ significant number of enhancements were made to FPGA/Embedded Design in Altium Designer, including support for the ST Microelectronics M25P (SPI) family of serial flash devices and improvements to Software Platform. Non-physical differences – such as pin numbers, 3D body colors, hole diameters, etc – are now also detected when a footprint (or a collection of footprints) is updated from a library. The 'Update from Libraries' command in the PCB editor now takes into account non-physical differences between footprints. The style of Lines (as opposed to wires) in a Schematic document can now be defined and edited in the Inspector Panel. Pasting and moving of large schematic selections has been improved so that once rendered, the contents remains visible while placement is made.

Show contents while moving large selections In addition, the Select Physical Connection option has been changed so that tracks covered by a component pad are included in the selection. View BugCrunch report #185.Ī new Select Track command has been added that provides the option of selecting connected track segments on the current layer – in effect, to select connected copper until the layers change or a component pad is encountered. Complete list of Altium Designer updates Update 18: Updated plug-ins from release 10.972.23595 to 10.1051.23878ĭate: 27 April 2012 Key highlights STEP model previewĪ visual preview is now available when selecting a 3D STEP model in the PCB or library editors dialog box, which helps browsing through options when embedding a 3D body.

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