Altium Edit Room Definition

Display the placement section and then the room definition section.

Altium edit room definition.

This article looks at reverse engineering a pcb layout directly from cam files loaded into altium designer s cam editor camtastic. To locate a definition source for a variable press the ctrl key while clicking on the variable where it s used in the script. Edit this query to target the specific component class previously defined. To add a new width design rule right click on the word width and select new rule from the.

Each edge is represented by an end vertex at each end shown as a solid white square and a center vertex in the middle shown as a hollow white square. A room definition rule will automatically be created and assigned to the room with an initial scope full query of all. A room can also be locked to prevent accidentally moving it. Now go to the routing section of the rules dialog and display all the width rules.

There should be a room called roomdefinition change its name to bgawidth and copy that name so it can be used in a moment. Click once on a polygonal object to select it which puts the polygonal object into edit mode. The source of a script variable or method definition can be instantly located using the editor s navigation feature. On the left side of the pcb rules and constraints editor menu go down to the placement rules and click on the arrow to open up these rules.

In the room definition category you will see the new rule for the room that you just created. As well as being a design rule in its own right room definition a room can also be used as an object when defining the scope of another rule such as clearance or height. The outer shape of the polygonal object is defined by a series of edges. To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog.

Setting the design rules for the bga room. The context sensitive right click menu can be accessed when the cursor is over a room object and provides commands for selecting the connections in the room routing the connections in the room using the situs autorouter and unrouting the room. The context sensitive right click menu can be accessed when the cursor is over a room object and provides commands for selecting the connections in the room routing the connections in the room using the situs autorouter and unrouting the room. This command allows you to reverse engineer a pcb layout directly from cam files.

Editing a polygonal object. Edit this query to target the specific component class previously defined. To lock a room double click on it and enable the room locked option in the edit room definition dialog. The cursor will relocate to the definition.