Altium Designer Tutorial: Schematic capture and PCB layout (2of2)

A simple tutorial on how to use the schematic and PCB functionality of Altium Designer.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• tutorial
• howto
• demonstration
• guide
• schematic
• capture
• eda
• electronics
• tool
• altium
• designer
• pcb
• circuit
• board
• layout
• wiring
• diagram
• routing
• manual
• tracks
• design
• rules
• yt:quality=high
• diy

[ismaelomaribanez]

Nice vid, tho i cant seem to be able to set track width :S im kinda in a rage regarding how altium is not intuitive at all. xD.

[elektroniskorg]

@ismaelomaribanez

Press tab during routing and specify the exact width (as i showed in the video at 07:33).

Or set up meaningful min/preferred/max trace widths in your design rules and cycle between them using 3 key when routing.

Or use shift-W during routing to select from a predefined list. Configure that list in the 'PCB Editor' preferences, under 'Interactive routing'.

[sasaryder]

Thank you! 

[ripper99100]

u're awesome :P



[gordonfreemanq]

wow! Really fast but complete tutorials. If you're coming from a different tool this all you really need to get started. nice work.

[MrVippaB]

Thanks a ton!! Now I am inspired to finally put my design onto a board.

[myFore04]

Thanks a lot! i learned faster from your guide!

[MrBeans060]

Thank you. You helped me to learn Altium in just 2 days. Now I can fabricate my PCB. yippee!

[juankikote]

Thank You from México!!!

[ismaelomaribanez]

@elektroniskorg thnks, i was trying the rule setting stuff. wasnt working cause i didnt check the box that enables the rule :S. Thx tho now i solved it XD

P.S.: The tab key does not work for me, dunno why. It does nothing. perhaps you can define the hotkeys and i havent done that?